Baia Mare

Baia Mare

Baia Mare (in Hungarian Nagyb�nya, in German Frauenbach) is a city in Maramures (in Hungarian M�ramaros) County of Romania. Baia Mare is the capital of the county. The commune contains four settlements: City of Baia Mare and Blidari, Firiza, Valea Neagra villages. The city has got 148,363 inhabitants (17.5% Hungarians, 1992 census). Neighbouring communities are: Negresti-Oas and Baia Sprie/Felsob�nya towns, Tautii-Magheraus, Recea, Grosi, Desesti, Ocna Sugatag and Sapanta communities.

History

The first mention of the settlement is from 1142, when King G�za II settled it with Saxonians. The name of the settlement was Frauendorf or Asszonypataka (Woman's Brook). In 1411 the king exchanged the city for Belgrade with George Barankovich Serbian prince. (1411-1526 Belgrade was a Hungarian border castle) In 1567 it was annexed by Prince J�nos Zsigmond, prince of Transylvania. The city was in Szatm�r County of the Kingdom of Hungary. 1605-1606, 1621-1629, 1645-1648 the city with the county was part of the Principality of Transylvania. From the [[16th century the settlement used the name Nagyb�nya.

Ethnic groups In 1910: Hungarian 77.6%, Romanian 20.8%, Other 1.6%

Religions In 1910: Greek Catholic 38.1%, Roman Catholic 34.7%, Calvinist 14.8%, Jewish 10.9%, Other 1.5%

From 1919/1920 (Romanian occupation/Treaty of Trianon) to 1940 (Diktat/Second Decision in Vienna) part of the Kingdom of Romania. 1940-1944 part of Hungary. The Treaty of Paris reallocated it to Romania.The settlement was a city 1952-1960 in Baia Mare Region, 1960-1968 in Maramures Region and from 1968 is in Maramures County.

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Companies in Baia Mare (only in Romanian)