Borșa

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Borșa
Town
Houses in Borșa Houses in Borșa
Coat of arms of Borșa Coat of arms
Borșa Location of Borșa
Coordinates:
Country	Romania
County	Maramureș County
Status	Town
Government
• Mayor	Ion Sorin Timiș (Social Democratic Party)
Area
• Total	424.12 km2 (163.75 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	27,611
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	http://www.primaria.borsa.ro/

Borșa (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈborʃa]; Hungarian: Borsa, German: Borscha, Yiddish: בורשא‎ Borsha) is a town in eastern Maramureş County, northern Romania, in the valley of the Vişeu River and near the Prislop Pass. Linking Transylvania to Bukovina, Prislop Pass is surrounded by the Rodna and Maramureş Mountains, both ranges of the Carpathians. The highest peak in the region is Pietrosul Rodnei — 2,303 meters.

The Rodna National Park (which has an area of 463 km²) can be accessed from Borșa. The town is home to a wooden church, built in 1718. It administers one village, Băile Borșa.

In 1891 there were 1,432 Jews living in Borșa.

Natives

• Israel Polack
• Frank Timiş

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1977	24,406	—
1992	27,450	+12.5%
2002	27,247	−0.7%
2011	27,611	+1.3%
Source: Census data

Gallery

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  Houses in Borșa

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  Houses in Borșa

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  Church of the Moisei monastery

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  Pietrosu Mare near Borșa

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  Horses' waterfall

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