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Bârsana
Bârsana Monastery
Bârsana Monastery
Commune Bârsana in Maramureş County
Bârsana within Romania
Country Romania
County Maramureş County
CommuneBârsana
Historic regionTransylvania
Component villagesBârsana, Nănești
Government
 • MayorPetru 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
WebsiteTemplate: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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