Desești
Sign in to saveDesești (, 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).
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- commune
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Maramureș
- Romanian subdivision.name
- Desești
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- Rumunia, Desesti, drewniana cerkiew SDC12129.JPG
- Romanian subdivision.image_caption
- Desești wooden church
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Desesti jud Maramures.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Maramureș County
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Gheorghe Bohotici
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- PNL
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
- 2020–2024
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
- 430
- Romanian subdivision.area_total
- 144.04
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 437135
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- (+40) 02 62
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Desești (, 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. It is located in the central part of Maramureș County, about km south of Sighetu Marmației and northeast of the county seat, Baia Mare. It is situated at an altitude of , in a hilly region on the southeastern slopes of the Gutin Mountains. Desești lies on the banks of the river Mara and its right tributary, the river Breboaia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Desești” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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