Borșa (; Hungarian: ''Borsa'',

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: ''Borscha'', yi, בורשא ''Borsha'') is a town in eastern

Maramureș County Maramureș County () is a county (județ) in Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian it is known as ''Máramaros megye'', in Ukrainian language, Ukrainian as Мараморо́щ� ...

Maramureș Maramureș or Marmaroshchyna ( ro, Maramureș ; uk, Мармарощина, Marmaroshchyna; hu, Máramaros) is a geographical, historical and cultural region in northern Romania and western Ukraine. It is situated in the northeastern Carpath ...

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, in the valley of the river

Vișeu The Vișeu ( hu, Visó) in northern Romania is a left tributary of the river Tisza. Its source is in the Rodna Mountains. It passes through the following villages, communes and cities: Borșa (city), Moisei (commune), Vișeu de Sus (city), Vișeu ...

and near the

Prislop Pass Prislop Pass ( ro, Pasul Prislop), is a mountain pass in northern Romania, connecting the historical regions of Maramureş (historical region), Maramureş and Bukovina over the Rodna Mountains, in the Eastern Carpathians. The Prislop Pass is situ ...

. Linking

Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...

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, Prislop Pass is surrounded by the

Rodna Rodna (formerly ''Rodna Veche''; hu, Óradna, Radna; german: Altrodenau) is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Rodna and Valea Vinului (''Radnaborberek''). Its name is derived from a Sl ...

and Maramureș Mountains, both ranges of the

Carpathians The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians () are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe. Roughly long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Ural Mountains, Urals at and the Scandinavian Mountains at . The ...

. The highest peak in the region is Pietrosul Rodnei — 2,303 meters. The

Rodna National Park The Rodna Mountains National Park ( ro, Parcul Național Munții Rodnei) is a protected area (national park category II IUCN) situated in Romania, in the administrative territory of counties Bistrița-Năsăud, Maramureș, and Suceava. Location T ...

(which has an area of 463 km²) can be accessed from Borșa. The town is home to a wooden church, built in 1718. It administers one village, Băile Borșa. In 1891 there were 1,432 Jews living in Borșa. The area has lost much of its population following the collapse of the Communist regime.

Natives

Israel Polack Israel Pollak ( he, ישראל פולק; 1909–1993) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian, Chilean and Israeli textile industrialist. He is best known for founding the Israel-based ''Polgat'' company. Biography Israel Pollak was born to a Jewish ...

(1909–1993), textile industrialist *

Frank Timiș Vasile Frank Timiș (born 1964) is a Romanian-Australian businessman living in London, with interests in mining and oil extraction industries. The ''Sunday Times'' Rich List estimated his wealth at £162m (US$238m) , making him the 497th riche ...

(born 1964), rich businessman based in London

Population

Gallery

File:Borsa2.jpg, Houses in Borșa File:Borsa3.jpg, Houses in Borșa File:Biserica de lemn Borsa.jpg, Church of the Moisei monastery File:Pietrosu Mare.jpg, Pietrosu Mare near Borșa File:Claie de fân Borșa.jpg File:Cascada_cailor.jpg, Horses' waterfall File:Șopru și claie de fân Borșa.jpg File:Biserica de lemn Borsa din Jos.jpg File:BorsaMM (2).JPG File:Baia- Borsa.JPG

References

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