Băiuț

Băiuț () is a commune in Maramureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Baiuț, Strâmbu-Băiuț (Kohóvölgy), and Poiana Botizii (Rákosfalva).

Key facts

Romanian subdivision.type: commune
Romanian subdivision.county: Maramureș
Romanian subdivision.name: Băiuț
Romanian subdivision.image_shield: ROU MM Băiuț CoA.svg
Romanian subdivision.other_name: Erzsébetbánya
Romanian subdivision.image_caption: From top, left to right: Strâmbului valley, Poiana Botizii village, Poiana Botizii wooden church
Romanian subdivision.image_map: Baiut jud Maramures.svg
Romanian subdivision.map_caption: Location in Maramureș County
Romanian subdivision.leader_name: Krisztiana-Loredana Mureșan-Bertoti
Romanian subdivision.leader_party: PSD
Romanian subdivision.leader_term: 2024–2028

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History
Geography
Economy
Mining
Demographics
Ethnicity
Religion
Administration and Politics
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Băiuț () is a commune in Maramureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Baiuț, Strâmbu-Băiuț (Kohóvölgy), and Poiana Botizii (Rákosfalva).

==History== Over the course of its history, the village of Băiuț has been known as Lápos-Bánya (1630), Bajutze (1850), and Oláh Lápos-Bánya or Băiuța (1854). The names all derive from the Băiuț Mine, an important landmark in the area. The settlement was also known as Erzsebetbanya, since it used to be the location of many properties of Elizabeth Szilágyi, wife of John Hunyadi and mother of Matthias Corvinus.