Welcome to Baia Mare in County Maramureş,
part of the Maramureş region of Romania! Discover historic Baia Mare and
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Baia Mare is the metropolitan centre of the northern Romanian Maramureş
culture.
In the middle of the
Maramureş
region on the main course of the Sasar River,.
At an average altitude of 228 metres, the city has an area of 235.73 km˛ and also
contains the following settlements: Blidari, Firiza, Valea Neagră
and Valea Borcutului.
Due to the concentration of economic activities found in the city
and their importance, Baia Mare ranks third in northwest Romania.
The municipality of Baia Mare has a total population of 137,921,
the majority being Romanians. The city is also home to a sizeable
Hungarian community. The ethnic composition of the city is as
follows:
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All of the phone numbers in County
Maramureş start with (262) or (362), depending on whether
the service is through the old state-run operator RomTelecom, or
from one of the newer entrants into the market in Romania.
Dailling to Maramureş, you must
remove any leading zero from the county code portion of the phone
number, so that (0262) becomes (262). Dialling a mobile
number, you do the same, dropping the zero from the (07XX) part of
the number, to make it (7XX). Both landlines and mobiles
have 6 digits following the initial county code.
Who would have guessed that in the capital of the land of wooden
churches and hearth of the the
Maramureşculture, you'd find speedy modern wireless hotspots?
Well, they're here!
Hotel Ambassador, 2 Moldovei Street
in Baia Mare
A rather impressive 4-star hotel with wi-fi,
conference centre, health centre and great restaurant. Visa, MC,
Amex all accepted. +40
(262) 250 242
FAX: +40 (262) 250 238
Oiţa Neagră
(Little Black Sheep Bar & Restraurant), 59 Victoriei
Street in Baia Mare
Fun little spot with bar and restaurant areas
and wi-fi for patrons. +40
(362) 805 619
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Early Baia Mare History
Baia Mare
During the Bronze Age, the region around Baia Mare was the realm of the
Thracians, from whom the Geto-Dacians later descended. It was also part of
the large Dacian state formed by Burebista. The first mention of the
settlement is from 1142, when King Géza II of Hungary settled it with
Transylvanian Saxons.
The name of the settlement was Frauenbach in German
(Asszonypataka in Hungarian, Rivulus Dominarum in Latin), meaning “River
of the Ladies” or “Women's Brook”. The richest documentation, however, is
found in the act of privilege issued by Louis I of Hungary in 1347.
In 1411 the Hungarian king exchanged the city for Belgrade with Djuradj
Branković, prince of Serbia (from 1411 to 1521 Belgrade was a Hungarian
border castle). A document from that year speaks of the Mint in Bai
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Hotel Ambassador, 2 Moldovei Street
in Baia Mare
A rather impressive 4-star hotel with wi-fi,
conference centre, health centre and great restaurant. Visa, MC,
Amex all accepted. 
