Maramures, Transylvania, Romania

🇷🇴 Maramureș County is a county (județ) in Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare.

Name In Hungarian it is known as Máramaros megye, in Ukrainian as Мараморо́щина, in German as Kreis Marmarosch, and in Yiddish as מארמאראש.

Geography Maramureș County is situated in the northern part of Romania, and has a border with Ukraine. This county has a total area of 6,304 square km (2,434 sq mi), of which 43% is covered by the Rodna Mountains, with its tallest peak, Pietrosul, at 2,303 metres (7,556 ft) altitude. Together with the Gutâi and Țibleș mountain ranges, the Rodna mountains are part of the Eastern Carpathians. The rest of the county are hills, plateaus, and valleys. The county is crossed by Tisa River and its main tributaries: the Iza, Vișeu, and Mara rivers.

Neighbours • Suceava County to the east • Satu Mare County to the west • Ukraine to the north – Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and Zakarpattia Oblast • Sălaj County, Cluj County, and Bistrița-Năsăud County to the south

Administrative divisions Maramureș County has 2 municipalities, 11 towns and 63 communes. • Municipalities ◦ Baia Mare ◦ Sighetu Marmației • Towns ◦ Baia Sprie ◦ Borșa ◦ Cavnic ◦ Dragomirești ◦ Săliștea de Sus ◦ Seini ◦ Șomcuta Mare ◦ Târgu Lăpuș ◦ Tăuții-Măgherăuș ◦ Ulmeni ◦ Vișeu de Sus; • Communes ◦ Ardusat ◦ Ariniș ◦ Asuaju de Sus ◦ Băița de sub Codru ◦ Băiuț ◦ Bârsana ◦ Băsești ◦ Bicaz ◦ Bistra ◦ Bocicoiu Mare ◦ Bogdan Vodă ◦ Boiu Mare ◦ Botiza ◦ Breb ◦ Budești ◦ Călinești ◦ Câmpulung la Tisa ◦ Cernești ◦ Cicârlău ◦ Coaș ◦ Coltău ◦ Copalnic-Mănăștur ◦ Coroieni ◦ Cupșeni ◦ Desești ◦ Dumbrăvița ◦ Fărcașa ◦ Gârdani ◦ Giulești ◦ Groși ◦ Groșii Țibleșului ◦ Ieud ◦ Lăpuș ◦ Leordina ◦ Mireșu Mare ◦ Moisei ◦ Oarța de Jos ◦ Ocna Șugatag ◦ Onceşti ◦ Petrova ◦ Poienile de sub Munte ◦ Poienile Izei ◦ Recea ◦ Remetea Chioarului ◦ Remeți ◦ Repedea ◦ Rona de Jos ◦ Rona de Sus ◦ Rozavlea ◦ Ruscova ◦ Săcălășeni ◦ Săcel ◦ Sălsig ◦ Săpânța ◦ Sarasău ◦ Satulung ◦ Șieu ◦ Șișești ◦ Strâmtura ◦ Suciu de Sus ◦ Vadu Izei ◦ Valea Chioarului ◦ Vima Mică ◦ Vișeu de Jos

Economy Maramureș is known for its pastoral and agricultural traditions, largely unscathed by the industrialisation campaign carried out during Romania's communist period. Ploughing, planting, harvesting, and hay making and handling are mostly done through manual labour. The county is also home to a strong mining industry of extraction of metals other than iron. The industrial plants built around Baia Mare during the communist period heavily polluted the area in the past, but recently, due to the decline of the city's industrial activity, the area has become less polluted.

Economy: Tourist Industry The region is known for its beautiful rural scenery, local small woodwork and craftwork industry as well as for its churches and original rural architecture. There are not many paved roads in the rural areas, but most of them are usually accessible.

The county's main tourist attractions are: • The cities of Baia Mare and Sighetu Marmației. • The villages on the Iza, Mara, and Vișeu Valleys. ◦ The Wooden churches of Maramureș ◦ The wooden churches of Lăpuș Country  ◦ The wooden churches of Chioar Country  ◦ The Merry Cemetery of Săpânța • The Rodna Mountains, the Rodna Mountains National Park, and the Maramureș Mountains Natural Park. • The landscape of Cavnic. • The Memorial of the Victims of Communism and of the Resistance in Sighetu Marmației.