Bocicoiu Mare

Bocicoiu Mare Великий Бичків
Commune
Bocicoiu Mare
Coordinates: 47°58′N 24°0′E / 47.967°N 24.000°E / 47.967; 24.000
Country	Romania
County	Maramureş County
Population (2011)[1]	3,706
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Bocicoiu Mare (Hungarian: Nagybocskó or Újbocskó; Ukrainian: Великий Бичків) is a commune in Maramureş County, Romania. It lies 9 kilometres east of Sighetu Marmaţiei, across the Tisza River from Velykyy Bychkiv, Ukraine.

Villages

The commune is composed of four villages: Bocicoiu Mare, Crăciuneşti (Tiszakarácsonyfalva; Кричунів), Lunca la Tisa (Tiszalonka; Луг над Тисою) and Tisa (Tiszaveresmart; Миків).

History

Main road in Bocicoiu Mare

The village was first mentioned in 1373, by the name Boshko. Its name derives from a Slavic word meaning "bull". From 1556 it belonged to the Báthory family. By 1711 a mansion already stood here. After the failed revolution led by Francis II Rákóczi, Germans settled down in the area.

The village was known as Németbocskó ("German Bocskó", later called Újbocskó or "New Bocskó") and was united with two villages (Nagybocskó and Kisbocskó; "Greater" and "Smaller" Bocskó) across the river, forming a greater village called Nagybocskó. This village had thus three parts: Újbocskó, which forms today's Bocicoiu Mare, and Kisbocskó and Nagybocskó, which form today's Velykyy Bychkiv.

Lunca la Tisa was part of the former Hungarian village of Lonka, which was cut into two parts after the World Wars, when the Tisza River became a natural border between Romania and Ukraine. Its Ukrainian half forms the village of Luh (Луг).

Demographics

In 1910 the village had 5955 inhabitants: 3078 Rusyns, 1646 Hungarians and 1177 Germans. It belonged to the Hungarian county of Máramaros. After World War I the village was split in two, and the river became a natural border of the two countries (with Velykyy Bychkiv in Czechoslovakia until 1945, before being incorporated into the Ukrainian SSR).

At the 2011 census, 53.2% of inhabitants were Ukrainians, 39.6% Romanians and 6.8% Hungarians. At the 2002 census, 76.8% were Romanian Orthodox, 8.5% Roman Catholic, 8.2% Greek-Catholic and 4.7% stated they belonged to another religion.

Main sights

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bocicoiu Mare.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lunca la Tisa.

• Its Roman Catholic church was built in the 14th century in Gothic style architecture, but it was rebuilt several times and lost its Gothic elements.

References

This article is based on a translation of the equivalent article from the Hungarian Wikipedia on 19 February 2007.

Maramureș County, Romania Cities Baia Mare (county seat) Sighetu Marmației Towns Baia Sprie Borșa Cavnic Dragomirești Săliștea de Sus Seini Șomcuta Mare Târgu Lăpuș Tăuții-Măgherăuș Ulmeni Vișeu de Sus Communes Ardusat Ariniș Asuaju de Sus Băița de sub Codru Băiuț Bârsana Băsești Bicaz Bistra Bocicoiu Mare Bogdan Vodă Boiu Mare Botiza Budești Călinești Câmpulung la Tisa Cernești Cicârlău Coaș Coltău Copalnic-Mănăștur Coroieni Cupșeni Desești Dumbrăvița Fărcașa Gârdani Giulești Groși Groșii Țibleșului Ieud Lăpuș Leordina Mireșu Mare Moisei Oarța de Jos Ocna Șugatag Oncești Petrova Poienile de sub Munte Poienile Izei Recea Remetea Chioarului Remeți Repedea Rona de Jos Rona de Sus Rozavlea Ruscova Săcălășeni Săcel Sălsig Săpânța Sarasău Satulung Șieu Șișești Strâmtura Suciu de Sus Vadu Izei Valea Chioarului Vima Mică Vișeu de Jos

Coordinates: 47°58′N 24°00′E / 47.967°N 24.000°E / 47.967; 24.000