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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 [], at 2,303 metres (7,556 ft) altitude.
It is situated in the northeastern Carpathians, along parts of the upper Tisza River drainage basin; it covers the Maramureș Depression and the surrounding Carpathian mountains. Alternatively, the term Maramureș is also used for the Maramureș County of Romania, which contains the southern section of the historical region.
Northern Maramureș is historically and geographically close to southern Maramureș, and together form the historical region of Maramureș (Romanian: Maramureș, Hungarian: Máramaros). Between 1870 and 1918, Máramaros (north and south) was a county in the Transleitanian part of Austria-Hungary .
Pages in category "Communes in Maramureș County" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Afterwards, the northern part of Máramaros county along with the administrative branch offices of Máramaros became part of the Soviet Union, Ukrainian SSR, Zakarpattia Oblast. Since 1991, when the Soviet Union split up, the Zakarpattya region is part of Ukraine. The southern part of the county is now part of the Romanian county Maramureș.
Máramaros County on the map of the Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary, 1780–84.The present-day borders of Romania are projected to the historical map. Maramureș (in Romanian; Latin: Marmatia; Hungarian: Máramaros; Ukrainian: Мармарощина) is a historical region in the north of Transylvania, along the upper Tisa River.
Desești (Hungarian: Desze, Yiddish: דעסעשט, romanized: Desht or Desest) is a commune in Maramureș County, Maramureș, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Desești, Hărnicești (Hernécs), and Mara (Crăcești until 1956; Krácsfalva). The commune belongs to the Baia Mare metropolitan area.
Pages in category "Populated places in Maramureș County" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .