Maramureș County in the North West, is one of 41 counties in Romania. The county seat is Baia Mare. Maramureș County has a total area of 6,304 square kilometres, 2,434 square miles. A very traditional region of the country with steepled wooden churches and many farms have ornately carved gates. Visit Maramureș County and you can go back to a time when horse drawn transport was the norm.
The administrative breakdown of Maramureș County is divided into two municipalities, eleven towns and sixtythree communes as shown below. "Names", highlighted have their own page on this site. "Types", highlighted link to the offical website.
"A municipality is a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term municipality may also mean the governing or ruling body of a given municipality. Urban areas, such as towns and cities within a county, are given the status of city or municipality." Wikipedia
"A commune is the lowest level of administrative subdivision in Romania. There are 2,686 communes in Romania. The commune is the rural subdivision of a county. " Wikipedia
Name of Place | Type | Description |
Baia Mare | Municipality | Capital of Maramureș County |
Sighetu Marmației | Municipality | Near the Iza River |
Baia Sprie | Town | |
Borșa | Town | |
Cavnic | Town | |
Dragomirești | Town | |
Săliștea de Sus | Town | |
Seini | Town | |
Șomcuta Mare | Town | |
Târgu Lăpuș | Town | |
Tăuții-Măgherăuș | Town | |
Ulmeni | Town | |
Vișeu de Sus | Town | |
Ardusat | Commune | Three villages: Ardusat, Arieșu de Câmp and Colțirea. |
Ariniș | Commune | |
Asuaju de Sus | Commune | |
Băița de sub Codru | Commune | |
Băiuț | Commune | |
Bârsana | Commune | |
Băsești | Commune | |
Bicaz | Commune | |
Bistra | Commune | |
Bocicoiu Mare | Commune | |
Bogdan Vodă | Commune | |
Boiu Mare | Commune | |
Botiza | Commune | |
Breb | Commune | |
Budești | Commune | |
Călinești | Commune | |
Câmpulung la Tisa | Commune | |
Cernești | Commune | |
Cicârlău | Commune | |
Coaș | Commune | |
Coltău | Commune | |
Copalnic-Mănăștur | Commune | |
Coroieni | Commune | |
Cupșeni | Commune | |
Desești | Commune | |
Dumbrăvița | Commune | |
Fărcașa | Commune | |
Gârdani | Commune | |
Giulești | Commune | |
Groși | Commune | |
Groșii Țibleșului | Commune | |
Ieud | Commune | |
Lăpuș | Commune | |
Leordina | Commune | |
Mireșu Mare | Commune | |
Moisei | Commune | |
Oarța de Jos | Commune | |
Ocna Șugatag | Commune | |
Onceşti | Commune | |
Petrova | Commune | |
Poienile de sub Munte | Commune | |
Poienile Izei | Commune | |
Recea | Commune | |
Remetea Chioarului | Commune | |
Remeți | Commune | |
Repedea | Commune | |
Rona de Jos | Commune | |
Rona de Sus | Commune | |
Rozavlea | Commune | |
Ruscova | Commune | |
Săcălășeni | Commune | |
Săcel | Commune | |
Sălsig | Commune | |
Săpânța | Commune | |
Sarasău | Commune | |
Satulung | Commune | |
Șieu | Commune | |
Șișești | Commune | |
Strâmtura | Commune | |
Suciu de Sus | Commune | |
Vadu Izei | Commune | |
Valea Chioarului | Commune | |
Vima Mică | Commune | |
Vișeu de Jos | Commune |
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The cities, towns and villages in the country of Romania. Not all places in Romania are shown. București (Bucharest) is the capital and largest city of Romania.
Places in RomaniaMaramureș dates back to 1199 with the Dacian tribes thought to have settled in the area about 1000 BC. The Roman emperor Trajan who conquered the rest of Romania in AD 106 with his forces did not go over the mountains to the north so the villages of Maramureș was spared.
Different story with the rulers of Hungary though, as from the 13th century they exploted the region. A number of Tatar (an umbrella term for different Turkic ethnic groups) invasions took place until the 18th century. The last known battle was on Prislop Pass in 1717. After the Tatars many churches were erected to mark their departure.
Around the middle of the 16th century the region of Maramureș became part of Transylvania until 1699 when it was ceded to the Austrian empire. It would not be until 1918 that part of the region rejoined Romania. The other part of Maramureș became what is now known as Ukraine. For four years between 1940 and 1944 Maramureș was ruled by Hungary as was parts of Transylvania and Moldavia. During the World War II many of the Jewish population were transported to the Nazi extermination camps in Poland. The Soviet occupation of Romania refers to the period from 1944 to August 1958, during which time the Soviet Union maintained a significant military presence in Romania. It was not until 1989, after a revolution ultimately culminating in a show trial and execution of the longtime Romanian Communist Party (PCR) General Secretary, Nicolae Ceaușescu along with his wife Elena, bought an end to the 42 years of Communist rule in Maramureș and Romania.
By David Smith - 11 May 2022
In the North West, is one of 41 counties in Romania. The county seat is Baia Mare. Maramureș County has a total area of 6,304 square kilometres, 2,434 square miles.
Maramureș County
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