Băsești () is a commune in

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 ...

Crișana Crișana (, , ) is a geographical and historical region of Romania named after the Criș (Körös) River and its three tributaries: the Crișul Alb, Crișul Negru, and Crișul Repede. In Romania, the term is sometimes extended to include areas ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. It is composed of four villages: Băsești, Odești (''Vadafalva''), Săliște (''Kecskésfalva''), and Stremț (''Bükktótfalu'').

Geography

The commune is located at the extreme southwest of Maramureș County, at a distance of about from the county seat,

Baia Mare Baia Mare ( , ; ; ; ) is a Municipiu, city along the Săsar, Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramureș, a subregion of Transylvania. It is situated about from Buchare ...

, on the border with both Sălaj and

Satu Mare Satu Mare (; ; ; or ) is a city with a population of 102,400 (2011). It is the capital of Satu Mare County, Romania, as well as the centre of the Satu Mare metropolitan area. It lies in the region of Maramureș, broadly part of Transylvania ...

counties. It lies at an altitude of , on the banks of the rivers Băsești and Tămășești. The closest train station is in Ariniș commune, away.

Sights

* Wooden Church in Odești, built in the 19th century (1832) * Wooden Church in Săliște, built in the 20th century (1902) * Gheorghe Pop de Băsești Memorial House

Notable people

* Gheorghe Pop de Băsești (1835–1919), Austro-Hungarian and Romanian politician * Elena Pop-Hossu-Longin (1862–1940), Austro-Hungarian and Romanian writer, journalist and women's rights activist * (born 1951), mathematician, corresponding member of the Romanian Academy *

Decebal Traian Remeș Decebal Traian Remeș (26 June 1949 – 14 February 2020) was a Romanian economist and politician. A member of the National Liberal Party (PNL), he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Maramureș County from 1996 to 2000. In the ...

(1949–2020), politician

References

Communes in Maramureș County Localities in Crișana {{Maramureş-geo-stub