Năneşti, Maramureş
| Bârsana | |
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| Commune | |
Bârsana Monastery
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 Bârsana within Romania |
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 Bârsana
Bârsana within Romania
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| Coordinates: 47°48′54″N 24°03′35″E / 47.81500°N 24.05972°ECoordinates: 47°48′54″N 24°03′35″E / 47.81500°N 24.05972°E | |
| Country |
 Romania
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| County |
 Maramureș County
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| Commune | Bârsana |
| Historic region | Transylvania |
| Component villages | Bârsana, Nănești |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Teodor Ștefanca (since 2016) (Social Democratic Party) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 68.73 km2 (26.54 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 4,474 |
| Postal code | 437035 - Bârsana 437036 - Nănești |
| Website | (in Romanian) www.primaria-barsana.ro |
Bârsana (Hungarian: Barcánfalva) is a commune in Maramureș County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Bârsana and Nănești (Nánfalva). It also included Oncești 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 Church of the Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple is one of eight Wooden Churches of Maramureș listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, another wooden monastery was built in Bârsana.
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