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Șișești, Maramureș
Șișești () is a Commune in Romania, commune in Maramureș County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Bontăieni (''Pusztatelek''), Cetățele (''Györkefalva''), Dănești (''Bajfalu''), Negreia (''Nyegrefalva''), Plopiș (''Nyárfás''), Șișești, and Șurdești (''Dióshalom''). The commune is located in the central part of Maramureș County, just south of Baia Sprie and east of the county seat, Baia Mare. Demographics In 2002, the commune had a population of 5,479, of whom 99.6% were ethnic Romanians. 55.3% were Romanian Orthodox Church, Romanian Orthodox, 40.7% were Romanian Greek Catholic Church, Greek-Catholic, and 2.5% were Pentecostal Union of Romania, Pentecostal. At the 2011 Romanian census, 2011 census, the population had decreased to 5,289, while at the 2021 Romanian census, 2021 census, there were 5,556 inhabitants. Politics Șișești is administrated by a Local Council formed by 15 councilors. The mayor is Ioan Mircea Tentiș, from National Liberal Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of The Archangels Michael And Gabriel, PlopiÈ™
The Church of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel is a Romanian Orthodox church in Plopiș village, Șișești, Maramureș, Șișești Commune, Maramureș County, Romania. Built in 1798, it is one of eight buildings that make up the wooden churches of Maramureș UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is also listed as a Monument istoric, historic monument by the country's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs (Romania), Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs. p.1713 References Wooden churches of Maramureș, Plopis Churches completed in 1798 18th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings Historic monuments in Maramureș County, Plopis Romanian Orthodox churches in Romania Former Greek-Cat ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Institute Of Statistics (Romania)
The National Institute of Statistics (, INS) is a Romanian government agency which is responsible for collecting national statistics, in fields such as geography, the economy, demographics and society. The institute is also responsible for conducting Romania's census every ten years, with the latest census being organised in 2022. Leadership The head of the NIS is currently Tudorel Andrei, while the three vice-presidents are: * Ioan-Silviu VÎRVA, in charge of economic and social statistics * Marian Chivu, in charge of national accounts and the dissemination of statistical information * Beatrix Gered, in charge of IT activities and statistical infrastructure History Romania's first official statistics body was the Central Office for Administrative Statistics (''Oficiul Central de Statistică Administrativă''), established on July 12, 1859, under the reign of Alexandru Ioan Cuza. The organisation, one of the first national statistics organisations in Europe, conducted its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanian Church United With Rome, Greek-Catholic
The Romanian Greek Catholic Church or Romanian Church United with Rome is a ''sui iuris'' Eastern Catholic Church, in full union with the Catholic Church. It has the rank of a Major Archbishop, Major Archiepiscopal Church and it uses the Byzantine Rite, Byzantine liturgical rite in the Romanian language. It is part of the Major Archiepiscopal Churches of the Catholic Church that are not distinguished with a patriarchal title. Cardinal Lucian Mureșan, Archbishop of Greek Catholic Archdiocese of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia, Făgăraș and Alba Iulia, has served as the head of the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church since 1994. On December 16, 2005, as the ''Romanian Church United with Rome'', the Greek-Catholic church was elevated to the rank of a Major Archiepiscopal Church by Pope Benedict XVI, with Lucian Mureșan becoming its first major archbishop. Mureşan was made a cardinal, at the papal consistory, consistory of February 18, 2012. Besides the Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of The Archangels Michael And Gabriel, Șurdești
The Church of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel is a Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic, Greek-Catholic church in Șurdești village, Șișești, Maramureș, Șișești Commune, Maramureș County, Romania. Built in 1721, it is one of eight buildings that make up the wooden churches of Maramureș UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is also listed as a Monument istoric, historic monument by the country's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs (Romania), Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs. p.1728 See also *Catholic Church in RomaniaReferences Wooden churches of Maramureș, Surdesti Churches completed in 1766 18th-century Catholic church buildings ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection under an treaty, international treaty administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity". To be selected, a World Heritage Site is nominated by its host country and determined by the UNESCO's World Heritage Committee to be a unique landmark which is geographically and historically identifiable, having a special cultural or physical significance, and to be under a sufficient system of legal protection. World Heritage Sites might be ancient ruins or historical structures, buildings, cities, deserts, forests, islands, lakes, monuments, mountains or wilderness areas, and others. A World Heritage Site may signify a remarkable accomplishment of humankind and serve as evidence of humanity's intellectual history on the planet, or it might be a place of grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and International security, security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It has 194 Member states of UNESCO, member states and 12 associate members, as well as partners in the Non-governmental organization, non-governmental, Intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental and private sector. Headquartered in Paris, France, UNESCO has 53 regional field offices and 199 National Commissions for UNESCO, national commissions. UNESCO was founded in 1945 as the successor to the League of Nations' International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation.English summary). UNESCO's founding mission, which was shaped by the events of World War II, is to advance peace, sustainable development and human rights by facilitating collaboratio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wooden Churches Of MaramureÈ™
The wooden churches of MaramureÈ™ in the MaramureÈ™ (historical region), MaramureÈ™ region of northern Transylvania are a group of almost one hundred Romanian Orthodox Church, Orthodox churches, and occasionally Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic, Greek-Catholic ones, of different architectural solutions from different periods and areas. The MaramureÈ™ churches are high timber constructions with characteristic tall, slim bell towers at the western end of the building. They are a particular Vernacular architecture, vernacular expression of the cultural landscape of this mountainous area of northern Romania. MaramureÈ™ is one of the better-known regions of Romania, with autonomous traditions since the Middle Ages. Its well-preserved wooden villages and churches, its traditional lifestyle, and the local colourful dresses still in use make MaramureÈ™ as near to a living museum as can be found in Europe. The wooden churches of the region that still stand were built startin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satu Mare County
Satu Mare County (, , ) is a county (Counties of Romania, județ) of Romania, on the border with Hungary and Ukraine. The capital city is Satu Mare. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian, it is known as ''Szatmár megye'', in German language, German as ''Kreis Sathmar'', in Ukrainian language, Ukrainian as Сату-Маре, and in Slovak language, Slovak as ''Satmárska župa''. Geography Satu Mare County has a total area of . In the north are the Oaș Mountains, part of the Eastern Carpathians. This makes up around 17% of the area. The remainder is hills, forming 20% of the area, and plains. The western part of the county takes up the Eastern part of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain. The county is crossed by the Someș (river), Someș River, the Tur (river), Tur River, and Crasna (Tisza), Crasna River. The county lies partly in the Maramureș, historical region of Maramureș and partly in the historical region of Crișana. Neighbours *Maramureș County in the East. *H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interwar Period
In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period, also known as the interbellum (), lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days) – from the end of World War I (WWI) to the beginning of World War II (WWII). It was relatively short, yet featured many social, political, military, and economic changes throughout the world. Petroleum-based energy production and associated mechanisation led to the prosperous Roaring Twenties, a time of social mobility, social and economic mobility for the middle class. Automobiles, electric lighting, radio, and more became common among populations in the developed world, first world. The era's indulgences were followed by the Great Depression, an unprecedented worldwide economic downturn that severely damaged many of the world's largest economies. Politically, the era coincided with the rise of communism, starting in Russia with the October Revolution and Russian Civil War, at the end of WWI, and ended with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party (Romania)
The Social Democratic Party (, PSD) is the largest political party in Romania. It is also the largest Social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in Romania, political party in the country. It was founded by Ion Iliescu, Romania's first democratically elected president at the 1990 Romanian general election. It is a member of the Progressive Alliance (PA), which was founded in 2013, Socialist International (SI), and the Party of European Socialists (PES). As of 2015, the PSD had 530,000 members. PSD traces its origins to the Democratic National Salvation Front (FDSN), a leftist breakaway group established in 1992 from the centre-left National Salvation Front (Romania), National Salvation Front (FSN) established after 1989. In 1993, this merged with three other parties to become the Party of Social Democracy in Romania (, PDSR), also translated as the Social Democracy Party of Romania. The present name was adopted after a merger with the smaller Romanian Socia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Liberal Party (Romania)
The National Liberal Party () is a Christian democracy, Christian democratic List of political parties in Romania, political party in Romania. As of late 2024, it is the country's third largest political party overall. Re-founded in mid January 1990, shortly after the Romanian Revolution, Revolution of 1989 which culminated in the fall of Socialist Republic of Romania, communism in Romania, it claims the legacy of the major National Liberal Party (Romania, 1875), political party of the same name, active between 1875 and 1947 in the Kingdom of Romania. Based on this historical legacy, it often presents itself as the first formally constituted List of political parties in Romania, political party in the country and the oldest of its kind from the family of Liberal parties by country#Europe, European liberal parties as well. Recent historical overview Until 2014, the PNL was a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Romanian Census
The 2021 Romanian census () was a census held in Romania between 1 February and 31 July 2022, with the reference day for the census data set at 1 December 2021. The census was supposed to be done in 2021, but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania in order to avoid census takers from getting infected when coming into contact with ill or quarantined people. It was the first census held in Romania in which data was collected online, something that had support among Romanian youth. The census was divided into three phases: one in which personal data of the Romanian population was collected from various sites; another in which the population was to complete more precise data such as religion, in which town halls would help the natives of rural areas to answer the census; and a third one in which census takers would go to the homes and households of those who did not register their data online. Data for this census was planned not to be collected on paper, but inste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
