Băsești

For the commune in Teleorman County, see Călmățuiu de Sus; for the commune in Vaslui County, see Viişoara, Vaslui.

Băseşti
Commune
Wooden Church in Sălişte
Commune Băseşti in Maramureş County
Băseşti Băseşti within Romania
Coordinates: RO 47°28′50″N 23°08′46″E / 47.48056°N 23.14611°E / 47.48056; 23.14611
Country	Romania
County	Maramureş County
Commune	Băseşti
Historic region	Transylvania
Government
• Mayor	Ioan Călăuz (since 2008) (Independent)
Population (2002)^[1]	1,608
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Băseşti (Hungarian: Szilágyillésfalva) is a commune in Maramureş County, northern Romania. It is composed of four villages: Băseşti, Odeşti (Vadafalva), Sălişte (Kecskésfalva) and Stremţ (Bükktótfalu).

Sights

Wooden Church in Odeşti, built in the 19th century (1832)
Wooden Church in Sălişte, built in the 20th century (1902)
Memorial House Gheorghe Pop de Băseşti

Famous people

Gheorghe Pop de Băseşti (1835-1919), Austro-Hungarian and Romanian politician
Decebal Traian Remeș (1949-), Romanian politician

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

References

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

Coordinates: 47°17′N 23°54′E / 47.29°N 23.9°E / 47.29; 23.9

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