Maramureș

Maramureş is a region in north-western . Maramureș is one of Europe's best kept secrets, the place where the time hasn't moved for decades, a place where the traditions, the wooden art and the human kindness are well preserved.
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is the largest city in the Maramureş region of north-western . The old neighbourhood and the lovely park together with the charming sites around the town and the interesting history of the place are worth visiting.

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is a city in with a population of 91,520. It is the capital of as well as the centre of the metropolitan area.

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Sighetu Marmatiei, with its 41,000 inhabitants, is the main town of the Maramureş region. Inhabited since the Stone Age, the settlement was first mentioned in 1334, and as town, in 1352.

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is a town in eastern Maramureș County, , . It administers one village, Băile .

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Vişeu de Sus is a town of 15,000 people in Maramureș, at the confluence of the rivers Vișeu and Vaser. It is known for its narrow gauge steam train journey.

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is a town in Maramureș on the northwestern edge of the Transylvanian Plateau, at the foot of the Lăpuș Mountains. It lies on the banks of the river Lăpuș…

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is a commune of 3,365 inhabitants situated in Maramureș County, , 15 kilometers northwest of at the northern foothills of the and at the confluence of the and rivers, less than one kilometer south of the border with .

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is a former mining town located in the valley of the river , 26 km east of , in Maramureș County, northern . Part of the Baia Mare metropolitan area, the town covers 47.17 km2, at altitudes ranging from 500 to 1,050 m above sea level.

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is a commune in Maramureș County, , . The commune is situated in the central part of Maramureș County, on the banks of the , a left tributary of the . It is composed of a single village, .

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is a small village in Maramureș in Romania. is a beautiful, timeless village. is one of the best examples of the peasant strip farming culture still alive in Maramures.

Maramureș

Latitude of center
47.6667° or 47° 40′ north
Longitude of center
24° east
Population
452,000
Elevation
1,307 metres (4,288 feet)
United Nations Location Code
RO JUD
Geo­Names ID
673887
Wiki­data ID
Q188813
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yiddish—“Maramureș” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Propinsi Maramureș”
  • Amharic: “ማራሙሬሽ”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة مارامورس”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ماراموريش”
  • Aragonese: “Provincia de Maramureș”
  • Armenian: “Մարամուրեշ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Maramureş”
  • Basque: “Maramureş konderria”
  • Belarusian: “жудзец Марамурэш”
  • Belarusian: “Марамурэш”
  • Bengali: “মারামুরেস”
  • Bosnian: “Maramureș (okrug)”
  • Bosnian: “Maramureș”
  • Bulgarian: “Марамуреш”
  • Bulgarian: “Окръг Марамуреш”
  • Catalan: “Comtat de Maramureş”
  • Catalan: “Província de Maramureş”
  • Catalan: “Província de Maramureș”
  • Cebuano: “Județul Maramureș”
  • Chinese: “Maramureș Koān”
  • Chinese: “馬拉穆列什縣”
  • Chinese: “马拉穆列什县”
  • Croatian: “Maramureș”
  • Czech: “Maramureš”
  • Czech: “Maramureș”
  • Danish: “Maramures”
  • Danish: “Maramureş”
  • Danish: “Maramureș”
  • Dutch: “District Maramures”
  • Dutch: “District Maramureş”
  • Dutch: “District Maramureș”
  • Dutch: “Maramures”
  • Dutch: “Maramureş”
  • Dutch: “Maramureș”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Maramures”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Maramureş”
  • Esperanto: “distrikto Maramureș”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Maramureș”
  • Esperanto: “Maramureş”
  • Estonian: “Maramuresi maakond”
  • Estonian: “Maramureşi maakond”
  • Estonian: “Maramureși maakond”
  • Finnish: “Maramureş”
  • Finnish: “Maramureș”
  • French: “Judet de Maramures”
  • French: “Judeţ de Maramures”
  • French: “Judeţ De Maramureş”
  • French: “Județ de Maramureș”
  • French: “Maramures”
  • French: “Maramureş”
  • French: “Maramureș”
  • Galician: “Condado de Maramures”
  • Galician: “Condado de Maramureș”
  • Georgian: “მარამურეშის ჟუდეცი”
  • German: “Bezirk Maramures”
  • German: “Bezirk Maramureș”
  • German: “Bezirk Maramuresch”
  • German: “Kreis Maramures”
  • German: “Kreis Maramureș”
  • German: “Kreis Maramuresch”
  • German: “Maramures”
  • German: “Maramureș”
  • German: “Maramuresch”
  • German: “Sathmar und Maramureș”
  • Greek: “Μαραμούρες”
  • Greek: “Τζουντέτς του Μαραμούρες”
  • Hausa: “Maramures”
  • Hebrew: “מאראמורש”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז מאראמורש”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז מארמורש”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז מרמורש”
  • Hebrew: “מרמורש”
  • Hindi: “मारमुरेस काउंटी”
  • Hungarian: “Máramaros megye”
  • Hungarian: “Máramaros”
  • Indonesian: “County Maramureş”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Maramureş”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Maramureș”
  • Irish: “Contae Maramureș”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Maramureş”
  • Italian: “distretto di Maramureș”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Maramureș”
  • Italian: “Judetul Maramures”
  • Italian: “Judeţul Maramureş”
  • Italian: “Maramures”
  • Italian: “Maramureş”
  • Japanese: “マラムレシュ県”
  • Javanese: “Maramures”
  • Kazakh: “Марамуреш”
  • Kirghiz: “Марамуреш”
  • Korean: “마라무레슈주”
  • Ladino: “Maramureş”
  • Ladino: “Maramureș”
  • Latin: “Maramureș”
  • Latin: “Marmatia”
  • Lithuanian: “Maramurešo apskritis”
  • Lombard: “Distret de Maramureș”
  • Macedonian: “Марамуреш (округ)”
  • Macedonian: “Марамуреш”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Maramureș”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Maramureș Koān”
  • Moksha: “Марамурэш”
  • Mongolian: “Марамуреш аймаг”
  • Mongolian: “Марамуреш тойрог”
  • Northern Frisian: “Maramureș (Kreis)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Maramureș”
  • Northern Sami: “Maramureș guovlu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Maramureş”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Maramureș”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Maramures fylke”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Maramureș fylke”
  • Norwegian: “Maramureș”
  • Oromo: “Maramures”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਾਰਾਮੁਰੇਸ”
  • Persian: “شهرستان مارامورش”
  • Polish: “Okręg Maramures”
  • Polish: “Okręg Maramureş”
  • Polish: “Okręg Maramuresz”
  • Polish: “Okręg Marmarosz”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de maramureş”
  • Portuguese: “Maramureş”
  • Portuguese: “Maramureș”
  • Pushto: “مارامورش ښارګی”
  • Pushto: “مارامورش”
  • Romanian: “județul Maramureș”
  • Romanian: “Județul Maramureș”
  • Romanian: “Maramureș”
  • Russian: “Марамуреш”
  • Serbian: “Judeţul Maramureş”
  • Serbian: “Maramureš”
  • Serbian: “Жупанија Марамуреш”
  • Serbian: “Марамуреш”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Maramureș”
  • Slovak: “Maramureș”
  • Slovenian: “Maramureș”
  • Slovenian: “okrožje Maramureș”
  • Somali: “Maramures”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Maramureş”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Maramureș”
  • Spanish: “Maramures”
  • Spanish: “Maramureş”
  • Spanish: “Maramureș”
  • Swahili: “Maramures”
  • Swedish: “Maramureş län”
  • Swedish: “Maramureş”
  • Swedish: “Maramureș”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Марамуреш”
  • Tatar: “Марамуреш”
  • Thai: “เทศมณฑลมารามูเรช”
  • Turkish: “Maramures ili”
  • Turkish: “Maramureş ili”
  • Turkish: “Maramureș ili”
  • Turkish: “Maramureș”
  • Ukrainian: “Марамуреш”
  • Urdu: “ماراموریش کاؤنٹی”
  • Uzbek: “Maramures”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kondado han Maramureș”
  • Welsh: “Sir Maramureș”
  • Western Panjabi: “مراموریش کاؤنٹی”
  • Wu Chinese: “马拉穆列什县”
  • Yiddish: “מאראמאראשער דיסטריקט”
  • Yiddish: “מאראמאראשער קאנט”
  • Yiddish: “מאראמאראשער קרייז”
  • “Județul Maramureș”

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