Vișeu de Sus

town in Maramureș County, Romania

Key facts

Country: Romania
County: Maramureș
Mayor 2024 2028: Vasile Coman ( PNL )
Area: 443.06 km (171.07 sq mi)
Elevation: 427 m (1,401 ft)
Highest elevation: 1,042 m (3,419 ft)
Lowest elevation: 400 m (1,300 ft)
Population 2021 12 01: 15,349
Density: 34.643/km (89.725/sq mi)
Time zone: UTC+02:00 ( EET )
Summer dst: UTC+03:00 ( EEST )
Area code: (+40) 02 62
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Vișeu de Sus ( Romanian pronunciation: [viˌʃe.u de ˈsus]; German: Oberwischau; Hungarian: Felsővisó; Ukrainian: Ви́шово-Ви́жнє; Yiddish: אויבערווישא, romanized: Ober Vishoi or Ober Wisho or Ojberwischo) is a town in Maramureș County, Maramureș, Romania, located at the confluence of the rivers Vișeu and Vaser. It administers one village, Vișeu de Mijloc (Középvisó). The town has an area of 443 km (171 sq mi) and a population of 15,349 as of 2021. It is best known for the Mocăniță.

Viseu de Sus town centre, in the Interwar Period