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 ...
,
Maramureș
( ; ; ; ) is a geographical, historical and cultural region in northern Romania and western Ukraine. It is situated in the northeastern Carpathians, along parts of the upper Tisza River drainage basin; it covers the Maramureș Depression and the ...
,
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 ...
. The commune is situated in the central part of
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 ...
, on the banks of the Ieudișor, a tributary of the
Iza River
The Iza is a left tributary of the river Tisa in northern Romania. Its source is in the Rodna Mountains. It flows into the Tisa near the city Sighetu Marmației. It passes through the communes Săcel, Săliștea de Sus, Dragomirești, Bogdan V ...
Wooden Churches of Maramureș
The wooden churches of Maramureș in the Maramureș (historical region), Maramureș region of northern Transylvania are a group of almost one hundred Romanian Orthodox Church, Orthodox churches, and occasionally Romanian Church United with Rome, Gr ...
that are listed by
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 secur ...
as a
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 ...
.
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Ștefan Hrușcă
Ștefan Hrușcă (born 8 December 1957) is a Romanian-Canadian folk singer known for his Christmas carols.Luminita Ciobanu and Carmen Anghel-DobreŞtefan Hruşcă, vocea cu har ''Jurnalul Național''. Retrieved 29 August 2013. He was born in Ieu ...