Bârsana

Not to be confused with Barsana in India.

For the village in Alba County, see Şugag.

Bârsana
—  Commune  —
Coordinates: 47°48′54″N 24°03′35″E / 47.815°N 24.05972°E / 47.815; 24.05972Coordinates: 47°48′54″N 24°03′35″E / 47.815°N 24.05972°E / 47.815; 24.05972
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.

Bârsana Monastery

References

External links

• World Heritage Site - Wooden Churches of Maramureş