Viseu de Sus
Encyclopedia
Vişeu de Sus is a town in Maramureş County
, northern Romania
, located at the confluence of the Vişeu
and the Vaser
. It has an area of 443 km² and administers one village, Vişeu de Mijloc.
Maramures County
Maramureș is a county of Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare.- History :* The 10th century frontier county of Borsova was founded by Stephen I of Hungary. Since then Máramaros served as the north-eastern border of the Hungarian Kingdom until 1920, the Trianon Peace...
, northern Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, located at the confluence of the Vişeu
Viseu River
The Vişeu River in northern Romania is a tributary of Tisa River, passing through the following villages:Borşa, Moisei, Vişeu de Sus, Vişeu de Jos, Leordina, Petrova, Bistra, Valea Vişeului...
and the Vaser
Vaser River
The Vaser River is a tributary of the Vişeu River in Romania.-References:* , a site about Vaser Valley and other Maramures attractions, written in English and French...
. It has an area of 443 km² and administers one village, Vişeu de Mijloc.
Population
Its population is under 17,000. The town is in a hilly area, and most of the people live in the valleys:- Ţipţerai and Valea Poieniţei
- Valea Vinului (1000 inhabitants)
- Valea Vaserului (800 inhabitants)
- Valea Peştilor (500 inhabitants)
- Valea Scradei (700 inhabitants)
- Vişeu de Mijloc (1900 inhabitants)
- Valea Botoaia, Arşiţa (500 inhabitants)
- Rădeasa (900 inhabitants)