Băiuț

Băiuț Erzsébetbánya
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Maramures
Circle :	Maramureș
Coordinates :	47 ° 37 '  N , 24 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 36 '50 "  N , 23 ° 59' 51"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Height :	600  m
Area :	113.60  km²
Residents :	2,340 (October 20, 2011)
Population density :	21 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	437025
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 62
License plate :	MM
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Structure :	Băiuț, Poiana Botizii , Strâmbu-Băiuț
Mayor :	Mihai Ceteraș ( PSD )
Postal address :	st. Principală, no. 413 loc. Băiuț, jud. Maramureş, RO-437025
Website :	www.primaria-baiut.5u.com/index.html

Băiuț ( Hungarian Erzsébetbánya ) is a municipality in the Maramureş district in northwestern Romania . The place is particularly well known as a mining settlement (gold, silver, zinc, lead and copper ores).

history

In 1776 a new iron mine was opened here. The melting furnaces, which went into operation in 1778, were moved to Strâmbu-Băiuț around 1811.

Demographics

In the 1930 census, a total of 1065 inhabitants were registered, of which 653 Magyars , 392 Romanians and 20 Jews.

Personalities

• Ioan Giurgiu Patachi (1682–1727), Bishop of Făgăraș

Web links

• Băiuț at ghidulprimariilor.ro

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
2. ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (ed.): Travel Guide Transylvania. Wort und Welt Verlag, Thaur near Innsbruck 1993, ISBN 3-85373-133-3 , p. 7.
3. ↑ Sabin Manuila (ed.): Recensământul general al populaţiei României din 29 Decemvrie 1930. Volume 2: Neam, limbă maternă, religie. Editura Institutului central de statistică, Bucureşti 1938, p. 420.