Desești (, or ''Desest'') 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 ...

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. It is composed of three villages: Desești, Hărnicești (''Hernécs''), and Mara (''Crăcești'' until 1956; ''Krácsfalva''). The commune belongs to the Baia Mare metropolitan area. It is located in the central part of Maramureș County, about km south of Sighetu Marmației and northeast of the county seat, Baia Mare. It is situated at an altitude of , in a hilly region on the southeastern slopes of the

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. Desești lies on the banks of the river

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and its right tributary, the river Breboaia. At the 2021 census, Desești had a population of 2,179, with an absolute majority (95%) of ethnic

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. The commune's Saint Parascheva Church was built in 1770 and is one of eight

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that are listed by

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as a

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