Rona de Sus

Rona de Sus
Bишня Рівня
Commune
Rona de Sus
Coordinates: 47°54′N 24°3′E / 47.900°N 24.050°E / 47.900; 24.050
Country  Romania
County Maramureş County
Population (2011)[1] 3,756
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Road through Rona de Sus
View of Coştiui village

Rona de Sus (Hungarian: Felsőróna; German: Oberrohnen; Ukrainian: Bишня Рівня) is a commune in Maramureş County, Romania. It is composed of two villages: Coștiui (Rónaszék; Rohnen; Коштіль) and Rona de Sus.The first documentary attestation is 14 mai 1360 in a document emitted by king Louis the Great of Hungary.

At the 2011 census, 86.4% of inhabitants were Ukrainians, 8.5% Hungarians and 5% Romanians. At the 2002 census, 72.9% were Ukrainian Orthodox, 10.8% stated they belonged to another religion, 8.6% were Roman Catholic and 4.8% Greek-Catholic.

Coordinates: 47°54′N 24°03′E / 47.900°N 24.050°E / 47.900; 24.050

References

  1. Romanian census data, 2002; retrieved on March 1, 2010
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