Poienile_de_sub_Munte

Poienile de sub Munte

Poienile de sub Munte

Commune in Maramureș County, Romania

Poienile de sub Munte (Ukrainian: Русь Поляни, Поляни or Полонина; Rusyn: Русь Поляни; Hungarian: Ruszpolyána or Havasmező; Polish: Ruska Polana; German: Reußenau; Yiddish: פאליען-ריסקווה, romanized: Polien Riskeve) is a commune in Maramureș County, Maramureș, Romania. It is one of the oldest places in Maramureș, being mentioned for the first time in 1353. It is the biggest commune in the county and is composed of a single village, Poienile de sub Munte.

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Geography

The commune is located in the northeastern part of Maramureș County, on the border with Ukraine, 60 km (37 mi) east of the city of Sighetu Marmației and 105 km (65 mi) northeast of the county seat, Baia Mare. It is situated at an altitude of 530 m (1,740 ft), nestled within the Maramureș Mountains [ro], with an altitude of 1,957 m (6,421 ft) being reached at Farcău Peak [ro]. The Maramureș Mountains Natural Park is partly located on the territory of the commune. The river Ruscova and its tributaries, the rivers Socolău and Cvașnița, flow through Poienile de sub Munte.

Obcina [de] is a Ruthenian hilltop settlement perched at about 1,000 m (3,300 ft) on a mountain pass without an access road, where farmers live without machines, electricity, or vehicles.

Etymology

Etymology of the name of the locality: from Poiana (< subst. poiana "light in the forest", of Slavic origin) + de + sub + Munte (< appellative mountain < lat. mons, -tis). Literally, The Meadows under the Mountain.

Demographics

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At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 9,291, of which 90.83% were Ukrainians and 1.54% ethnic Romanians.[3]

Natives

  • Ioan Dzițac (1953 – 2021), mathematician and computer scientist

References

  1. [1]
    "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  3. [3]
    "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.
  • Ukrainian wooden church of the Transfiguration
  • The new Ukrainian church
  • Stone church
  • Obcina hamlet
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