Bârsana
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Bârsana | |
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Country | Romania |
County | Maramureş County |
Commune | Bârsana |
Historic region | Transylvania |
Component villages | Bârsana, Nănești |
Government | |
• Mayor | Petru Cudrici (since 2004) (Partidul Naţional Liberal) |
Area | |
• Total | 6,873 km2 (2,654 sq mi) |
Population (2007) | |
• Total | 6,352 |
Postal code | 437035 - Bârsana 437036 - Nănești |
Website | Template:Ro icon www.primaria-barsana.ro |
Bârsana (Template:Lang-hu) is a commune in Maramureş County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Bârsana and Nănești (Nánfalva). It also included Onceşti village until 2004, when it was split off to form a separate commune. As of 2002, Bârsana had 6,352 inhabitants, all but ten of whom were ethnic Romanians. 86.7% were Romanian Orthodox, 7.8% Greek-Catholic and 3.1% Pentecostal.
Bârsana's Church of the Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple is one of eight Wooden Churches of Maramureş listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, another wooden monastery was built in Bârsana.
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