Maramureș County

Location of Maramureș County in Romania

Map of Maramureş County

Coat of arms of the Maramureș County

Coat of arms of the Maramureș County, at the time of Real Socialism

Coat of arms of Maramureș County, in the interwar period

Maramureș [ maramureʃ ] ( pronunciation ^{? / I} , German Maramuresch , Marmarosch , Hungarian Máramaros ) is a Romanian district ( Județ ) in northern Romania with the district capital Baia Mare . Its common abbreviation and the license plate are MM.  

The Maramureş County borders in the north and in the north-east to the Ukraine , in the east of the Suceava County , in the southeast of the county Bistrita-Nasaud , in the south of the circles Cluj and Salaj and in the west of the county of Satu Mare .

Demographics

In 2002 the district of Maramureș had 510,110 inhabitants and a population density of 81 inhabitants per km², in 2011 it had 478,659 inhabitants, thus a population density of 76 inhabitants per km².

geography

The district has a total area of ​​6304 km². It only partially corresponds to the historical region of Maramures . On the one hand, the northern part of this region is now in Ukraine . On the other hand, some communities in the south around the city of Târgu Lăpuș ( Țara Lăpușului landscape ) and thus areas from the historical region of Transylvania belong to the Maramureș district today. The entire southwest of the district - beyond the Gutâi Mountains - with the district capital Baia Mare was not part of Maramures in the past, but rather part of the Sathmar region . The Huta pass connects the two districts of Maramureș and Satu Mare ( Hungarian Szatmár ). The 1334 km² nature park of the Maramures Mountains lies in the district .

Rivers

• Mara
• Iza

cities and communes

→ Main article : List of places in Maramureş County

The Maramureș County officially consists of 246 localities. Of these, 13 have the status of a city , 63 that of a municipality. The rest are administratively assigned to the cities and municipalities.

Biggest places

City / municipality	population
Baia Mare ( German Neustadt or Frauenbach , Hungarian Nagybánya )	123,738
Sighetu Marmației (German Marmaroschsiget , Hungarian Máramarossziget )	037,640
Borșa (German Borscha , Hungarian Borsa )	027,611
Baia Sprie (German Mittelstadt , Hungarian Felsőbánya )	015,476
Vișeu de Sus (German Oberwischau , Hungarian Felsővisó )	015,037
Târgu Lăpuș (German Laposch , Hungarian Magyarlápos )	011,744
Poienile de sub Munte ( Ger . Reußenau , Hungarian Ruszpolyána , uk. Русь Поляни )	010,073
Moisei (German Mosesdorf , Hungarian Majszin )	009,264
Seini (German Leuchtenburg , Hungarian Szinérváralja )	008,987
Șomcuta Mare (German great horn , Hungarian Nagysomkút )	007,565
Ulmeni (German Ulmendorf , Hungarian Sülelmed )	007,270
Tăuții-Măgherăuș (Hungarian Miszmogyorós )	007.136
Recea (Hungarian Lévárdfalva )	006,000
Satulung (Hungarian Kővárhosszúfalu )	005,837
(As of October 20, 2011)

Worth seeing

• The Vișeu de Sus Wassertalbahn , a narrow-gauge railway operated by steam locomotives .
• In 1999, UNESCO named the wooden churches in Maramureș a World Heritage Site .

See also

• List of counties in Romania
• List of German and Hungarian names of Romanian places

Web links

Commons : Maramureș County  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Maramureș County Council website
• The Maramureș, on www.karpatenwilli.com
• About the Maramureș, by Björn & Florentina Reinhardt
• Maps of Maramureș County: [1] ; [2]

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de

Coordinates: 47 ° 40 '  N , 24 ° 0'  E