Desești

Desești is a commune in , , . It is composed of three villages: Desești, Hărnicești, and Mara. The commune belongs to the Baia Mare metropolitan area.
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  • Type: commune of Romania with 2,180 residents
  • Description: commune in Maramureș County, Romania
  • Also known as: 107975”, “Comuna Desesti”, and “Comuna Deseşti

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint Parascheva Church and Wooden churches in Hoteni.

Church
is a Romanian Orthodox church in Desești Commune, , . Built in 1770, it is one of eight buildings that make up the wooden churches of Maramureș UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is also listed as a historic monument by the country's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Breb and Desești.

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Desești

Latitude
47.77° or 47° 46′ 12″ north
Longitude
23.859° or 23° 51′ 32″ east
Population
2,180
Elevation
417 metres (1,368 feet)
Open location code
8GV5QVC5+2J
Geo­Names ID
679460
Wiki­data ID
Q5063421
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Volapük—“Desești” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Comuna Desești
  • Chechen: Десешть (коммуна)
  • Chechen: Десешть
  • Chinese: Deseşti
  • Chinese: 代塞什蒂鄉
  • Dutch: Desești
  • Esperanto: Desești
  • French: Desești
  • German: Desești
  • Hungarian: Desze község
  • Irish: Desești
  • Italian: Desești
  • Malay: Deseşti
  • Malay: Desești
  • Min Nan Chinese: Desești
  • Polish: Desești (gmina)
  • Polish: Desești
  • Portuguese: Desești
  • Romanian: Comuna Desești, Maramureș
  • Romanian: Desești, Maramureș
  • Romanian: Desești
  • Serbian: Општина Десешти
  • Serbo-Croatian: Opština Desești, Maramureș
  • Spanish: Desești
  • Tatar: Десешть (коммуна)
  • Tatar: Десешть
  • Turkish: Desești
  • Ukrainian: Десешть
  • Vietnamese: Desesti
  • Vietnamese: Desești
  • Volapük: Desești

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Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Desești”. Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.