Giulești (; , ) 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 four villages: Berbești (''Bárdfalva'' or ''Bartfalva''), Ferești (''Fejérfalva''), Giulești, and Mănăstirea (''Gyulamonostor''). The commune is located in the northern part of Maramureș County, on

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, northeast of 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 ...

, and south of

Sighetu Marmației Sighetu Marmației (, also spelled ''Sighetul Marmației''; or ''Siget''; , ; ; ), until 1960 Sighet, is a city in Maramureș County near the Iza River, in northwestern Romania. Geography Sighetu Marmației is situated along the Tisa river o ...

. It lies on the banks of the river

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and its tributary, the river

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Natives

* Ilie Lazăr (1895–1976), jurist and politician * Atanasie Rednic (1722–1772), Bishop of Făgăraș and Primate of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church

References

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