| Bârsana | |
|---|---|
| — Commune — | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Maramureş County |
| Component villages | Bârsana, Năneşti |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Petru Cudrici (since 2004) (Partidul Naţional Liberal) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 6,352 |
| Postal code | |
Bârsana (Hungarian: Barcánfalva) is a commune in Maramureş County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Bârsana and Năneşti. 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 historic 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.