Dragomirești, Maramureș

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Dragomirești (Hungarian: Dragomérfalva or Dragomérfalu; Yiddish: דראגאמירעשט, romanizedDragomiresht; German: Dragomir) is a town in Maramureș County, Maramureș, Romania. It was declared a town in 2004.

Dragomirești
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Dragomirești
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Dragomirești
Coat of arms of Dragomirești
Location in Maramureș County
Location in Maramureș County
Dragomirești is located in Romania
Dragomirești
Dragomirești
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 47°40′01″N 24°17′29″E / 47.6669°N 24.2914°E / 47.6669; 24.2914
CountryRomania
CountyMaramureș
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2024) Vasile Țiplea[1] (CMM)
Area
101.09 km2 (39.03 sq mi)
Elevation
228 m (748 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-01)[2]
3,154
 • Density31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code
437140
Area code(+40) 02 62
Vehicle reg.MM
Websitewww.dragomiresti-maramures.ro

Geography

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The town lies at the foot of the Țibleș Mountains, on the banks of the Iza River and its tributary, the Baicu. It is located in the southeastern part of the county, on the border with Bistrița-Năsăud County, about 90 km (56 mi) east of the county seat, Baia Mare.

History

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Among the first Jews who settled in Dragomirești was R. Shemuel Stern of the Kosov Hasidic dynasty, in 1780. He was followed by other Hasidim from Galicia who worked in his lumber mills. By 1920, there were 756 Jews, accounting for 28% of the population.

After the 1940 Second Vienna Award granted Northern Transylvania to Hungary, local Jews aged 20 to 40 were drafted into labor battalions in Ukraine. On April 15, 1944, 2000 Jews, including from nearby villages, were ghettoized. A month later, they were made to go to Vișeu de Sus rail station: males aged 12 to 60 on foot; women, children and elderly men in wagons. From Vișeu, trains took them to Auschwitz concentration camp.[3]

Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
1880 1,546—    
1900 2,194+41.9%
1910 2,605+18.7%
1930 3,152+21.0%
1956 3,221+2.2%
1977 3,519+9.3%
1992 3,510−0.3%
2002 3,132−10.8%
2011 3,213+2.6%
2021 3,154−1.8%
Source: Census data

At the 2011 census, Dragomirești had 3,213 inhabitants, pf which 99.5% were ethnic Romanians and 0.4% Roma;[4] 94.8% were Romanian Orthodox and 4.9% Greek-Catholic. At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 3,154; of those, 97% were Romanians.[5]

Natives

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  • Vasile Bizău (b. 1969), Romanian bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church.
  • János Bud (1880–1950), Hungarian politician, Minister of Finance in 1924–1928.

References

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  1. ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  3. ^ Shmuel Spector, Geoffrey Wigoder (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust: A-J, p. 328. NYU Press, 2001, ISBN 978-081-4793-76-3
  4. ^ (in Romanian) Populația stabilă după etnie - județe, municipii, orașe, comune Archived 2016-01-18 at the Wayback Machine, National Institute of Statistics; accessed September 3, 2015
  5. ^ "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.