Poienile de sub Munte ( uk, Русь Поляни, Поляни or Полонина; rue, Русь Поляни; hu, Ruszpolyána or ''Havasmező''; pl, Ruska Polana; german: Reußenau; he, פאליען-ריסקווה) is a

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

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 Carpathians, alon ...

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. It is one of the oldest places in Maramureș, being mentioned for the first time in 1353. It is the biggest commune in the county and is composed of a single village, Poienile de sub Munte.

Etymology

Etymology of the name of the locality: from Poiana (< subst. poiana "light in the forest", of Slavic origin) + de + sub + Munte (< appellative mountain < lat. mons, -tis).

References

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