Poienile de sub Munte (; ; or ''Havasmező''; ; ; ) is a commune in

Maramureș County Maramureș County () is a county (județ) in Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian it is known as ''Máramaros megye'', in Ukrainian language, Ukrainian as Мараморо́щ ...

Maramureș ( ; ; ; ) is a geographical, historical and cultural region in northern Romania and western Ukraine. It is situated in the northeastern Carpathians, along parts of the upper Tisza River drainage basin; it covers the Maramureș Depression and the ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. It is one of the oldest places in Maramureș, being mentioned for the first time in 1353. It is the biggest commune in the county and is composed of a single village, Poienile de sub Munte.

Geography

The commune is located in the northeastern part of

, on the border with Ukraine, east of the city of

Sighetu Marmației Sighetu Marmației (, also spelled ''Sighetul Marmației''; or ''Siget''; , ; ; ), until 1960 Sighet, is a city in Maramureș County near the Iza River, in northwestern Romania. Geography Sighetu Marmației is situated along the Tisa river o ...

and northeast of the county seat,

Baia Mare Baia Mare ( , ; ; ; ) is a Municipiu, city along the Săsar, Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramureș, a subregion of Transylvania. It is situated about from Buchare ...

. It is situated at an altitude of , nestled within the , with an altitude of being reached at . The

Maramureș Mountains Natural Park The Maramureș Mountains Natural Park () is a protected area ( natural park category V IUCN) situated in Romania, in the north part in the Maramureș County.

is partly located on the territory of the commune. The river

Ruscova Ruscova ( or ''Visóoroszi'', , , ) is a commune in Maramureș County, Maramureș, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Ruscova. Geography The commune is situated in the western foothills of the , at an altitude of , within the Maramur ...

and its tributaries, the rivers Socolău and Cvașnița, flow through Poienile de sub Munte. is a Ruthenian hilltop settlement perched at about on a

mountain pass A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since mountain ranges can present formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both Human migration, human and animal migration t ...

without an access road, where farmers live without machines, electricity, or vehicles.

Etymology

Etymology of the name of the locality: from Poiana (< subst. poiana "light in the forest", of Slavic origin) + de + sub + Munte (< appellative mountain < lat. mons, -tis). Literally, ''The Meadows under the Mountain''.

Demographics

At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 9,291, of which 90.83% were

Ukrainians Ukrainians (, ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. Their native tongue is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, and the majority adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, forming the List of contemporary eth ...

and 1.54% ethnic

Romanians Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, ...

Natives

* Ioan Dzițac (1953 – 2021), mathematician and computer scientist

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References

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