Ieud

Ieud
Commune

Ieud
Coordinates: 47°40′40″N 24°14′1.2″E / 47.67778°N 24.233667°E / 47.67778; 24.233667
Country	Romania
County	Maramureș County
Population (2002)^[1]	4,223
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Ieud (Hungarian: Jód, Yiddish: יועד‎) is a commune in Maramureș County in northern Romania. The commune is situated in the central part of Maramureș County, on the banks of the Ieudișor, a tributary of the Iza River. It is composed of a single village, Ieud.

History

The commune was first mentioned in 1391 in a manuscript called the Codicele de la Ieud. This was found in Ieud's Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God.^[2] The church is the oldest of eight Wooden Churches of Maramureş that are listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.^[3]

Natives

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
↑ "UNESCO's World Heritage List from Romania". Cimec.ro. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
↑ "Wooden Churches of Maramureş - UNESCO World Heritage Centre". Whc.unesco.org. 1999-12-02. Retrieved 2013-03-26.

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