Maieru

Maieru Maier Major
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Transylvania
Circle :	Bistrița-Năsăud
Coordinates :	47 ° 24 '  N , 24 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 24 '1 "  N , 24 ° 44' 48"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Height :	483  m
Area :	130.16  km²
Residents :	7,089 (October 20, 2011)
Population density :	54 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	427130
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 63
License plate :	BN
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	Maieru, Anieș
Mayor :	Vasile Borș ( PSD )
Postal address :	Str. Principală, no. 831 loc. Maieru, jud. Bistrița-Năsăud, RO-427130
Website :	www.primariamaieru.ro/ro/

Maieru ( German  Maier , Hungarian Major ) is a municipality in the north of Transylvania in the Bistrița-Năsăud district in Romania .

history

The first mention was made in 1440. The other parts of Transylvania belonged Maieru to 1919 and then from 1940 to 1944 to Hungary from 1919 to 1940 and since 1944 it belongs to Romania. In the Middle Ages the community was inhabited by Romanians , during the Austro-Hungarian period the majority of the population was Romanians. In the 1910 census, 3125 inhabitants were counted. By 1992 the population had grown to 7,186.

Sons and daughters of the place

• Liviu Rebreanu (1885–1944), writer; spent his childhood in Maieru
• Maria Cioncan (1977-2007), track and field athlete
• Sever Ursa (* 1932), teacher, writer, journalist; Director of the local museum Cuibul visurilor in Maieru
• Emil Mălin Boșca (1914–1976), judge, journalist, opponent of the communist dictatorship

Web links

• Maieru at ghidulprimariilor.ro

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
2. ↑ BOŞCA, Emil Mălin from procesulcomunismului.com accessed on February 17, 2013 (Romanian)