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The capital of the region was Baia Mare, and its territory comprised an area similar to what are nowadays the Maramureș and Satu Mare counties. In 1952 the raion Vișeu was attached to the Baia Mare Region from the Rodna Region, after the dissolution of the latter. In 1960 the name of the region was changed to Maramureș.
Baia Mare (US: / ˌ b ɑː j ə ˈ m ɑːr ə / BAH-yə MAR-ə, [2] [3] Romanian: [ˈbaja ˈmare] ⓘ; Hungarian: Nagybánya; German: Frauenbach or Groß-Neustadt; Latin: Rivulus Dominarum) is a municipality along the Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County.
The objectives of the Baia Mare Metropolitan Area are: [4] Improving the quality of life and reducing territorial, social and economic disparities through implementation of programs and projects funded from national and European funds.
The following is an alphabetical list of subregions in the United Nations geoscheme for Europe, created by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). [1] The scheme subdivides the continent into Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, and Western Europe. The UNSD notes that "the assignment of countries or areas to specific ...
Below is a list of European countries and dependencies by area in Europe. [1] As a continent , Europe's total geographical area is about 10 million square kilometres. [ 2 ] Transcontinental countries are ranked according to the size of their European part only, excluding Greece due to the not clearly defined boundaries of its islands between ...
Maramureș County is situated in the northern part of Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania, and has a border with Ukraine. This county has a total area of 6,304 square kilometres (2,434 sq mi), of which 43% is covered by the Rodna Mountains , with its tallest peak, Pietrosul [ ro ] , at 2,303 metres (7,556 ft) altitude.
NUTS 1 regions of Romania NUTS 2 regions of Romania NUTS 3 regions of Romania RO1 Macroregion one (Macroregiunea Unu) RO11 Nord-Vest RO111 Bihor County RO112 Bistrița-Năsăud County RO113 Cluj County RO114 Maramureș County RO115 Satu Mare County RO116 Sălaj County RO12 Centru RO121 Alba County RO122 Brașov County RO123 Covasna County RO124 ...
The 2001 legislation regulates the status of the 319 cities in Romania according to their population and regional importance (Law no. 351 of 6 July 2001): [1] rank 0 – the capital of Romania, municipality of European importance; rank I – municipalities of national importance, with potential influence at European level;