Bocicoiu Mare

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Bocicoiu Mare
Groß-Botschko
Nagybocskó
Великий Бичків / Velykyj Bytschkiw
Bocicoiu Mare does not have a coat of arms
Bocicoiu Mare (Romania)
Paris plan pointer b jms.svg
Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Maramures
Circle : Maramureș
Coordinates : 47 ° 58 '  N , 24 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 58 '17 "  N , 24 ° 0' 21"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 301  m
Area : 24.02  km²
Residents : 3,818 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 159 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 437050
Telephone code : (+40) 02 62
License plate : MM
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Bocicoiu Mare, Crăciuneşti , Lunca la Tisa , Tisa
Mayor : Liviu Lazarciuc ( PSD )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 136
loc. Bocicoiu Mare, jud. Maramureş, RO-437050
Website :

Bocicoiu Mare [ ˈbotʃikoiu mare ] ( German  Groß-Botschko , Hungarian Nagybocskó , Ukrainian Великий Бичків / Welykyj Bytschkiw ) is a municipality in Romania and is located in the Maramureș district . It consists of four villages, with the village Bocicoiu Mare in the strict sense of the word counting 804 inhabitants in 2002.

Originally two cities

The settlement was originally formed from two parts, in Hungarian Kisbocskó and Németbocskó . After the division of the former Hungarian Kingdom, it was divided into two settlements on the left and right of the river Tisza . Today the river Tisza forms the state border between Romania and Ukraine . The Ukrainian part on both sides of the border is called Welykyj Bytschkiw , created from Kis- and Nagybocskó , and the Romanian part is called Bocicoiu Mare, the former Németbocskó .

Name declaration

The Romanian word Mare in Bocicoiu Mare and the Hungarian word Nagy in Nagy Bocsko are the German word Groß in their respective national languages . Bocska is the name of the landowner. The name was later Romanianized and changed to Bocicoiou.

religion

75% of the population are Orthodox, 15% Catholic (8% Byzantine rite, 7% Latin rite) and 4% Jehovah's Witnesses. The other religions each make up less than 1%.

  • Entrance sign

  • View over the level crossing towards Valea Vișeului

  • The gatekeeper's house on the right. View towards Sighetu Marmației

  • The thoroughfare. View of the level crossing towards the exit of Sighet

  • The school

  • The police station

  • One of the churches

  • The view from the train station towards Sighetu Marmației

  • The view from the train station towards Valea Vișeului

  • The dispatcher's office

  • The dispatcher's office

  • Typical shape signals as they are often found between Sighet and Valea Viseului

  • An old well near the train station

  • An old, typical house

Web links

Commons : Bocicoiu Mare  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
  2. ↑ 2011 census