Petrova (Maramureș)

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Petrova
Петрова / Petrowa
Petrova (Maramureș) does not have a coat of arms
Petrova (Maramureș) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Maramures
Circle : Maramureș
Coordinates : 47 ° 49 '  N , 24 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 49 '28 "  N , 24 ° 13' 30"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 358  m
Area : 42.05  km²
Residents : 2,525 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 60 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 437210
Telephone code : (+40) 02 62
License plate : MM
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Mayor : Ion Petrovai ( PNL )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 792
loc. Petrova, jud. Maramureş, RO-437210
Website :

Petrova ( Ukrainian Петрова Petrowa , Hungarian Petrova ) is a municipality in the Maramureș district in northern Romania .

Geographical location

The village is on the national road ( drum național ) DN 18, roughly in the middle between Sighetu Marmației and Vişeu de Sus . The district road ( drum județean ) DJ 185 branches off approximately in the center of the village to Valea Vișeului . The Vişeu River flows along the village .

The station is connected to the Valea Vişeului – Borşa railway line.

history

The place Petrova was first in 1385 as villa Viso inferiori ; Mentioned in a document in 1411 under the name Petrowa .

On July 16, 1930, a freight and passenger train collided between Petrova and Bistra . 22 people died.

Attractions

  • Orthodox Church

Web links

Commons : Petrova  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
  2. ↑ http://www.maramuresul-istoric.ro/istoric-viseu-moisei-borsa-maramures.html ( Memento from April 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Peter WB Semmens: Catastrophes on rails. A worldwide documentation. Transpress, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-344-71030-3 , p. 85.