Rona de Sus

Rona de Sus Bишня Рівня
Commune
Dormition of the Theotokos orthodox monastery in Rona de Sus
Location in Maramureș County
Rona de Sus Location in Romania
Coordinates: 47°54′N 24°3′E / 47.900°N 24.050°E / 47.900; 24.050
Country	Romania
County	Maramureș
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Alexa Semeniuc (USR)
Area	68.3 km2 (26.4 sq mi)
Elevation	331 m (1,086 ft)
Population  (2021-12-01)[1]	4,171
• Density	61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	437250
Area code	(+40) 02 62
Vehicle reg.	MM
Website	primariaronadesus.ro

Rona de Sus (Hungarian: Felsőróna; German: Oberrohnen; Ukrainian: Bишня Рівня; Rusyn: Вишня Руна, Yiddish: אויבר-רינה, romanized: Ober Rina) is a commune in Maramureș County, Maramureș, Romania. It is composed of two villages: Coștiui (Rónaszék; Rohnen; Коштіль) and Rona de Sus.

The commune is located in a hilly area in the northern part of the county, about 6 km (3.7 mi) from the river Tisza and the Ukrainian border. The river Rona, a right tributary of the Iza, flows through the commune. The nearest city is Sighetu Marmației, 13 km (8.1 mi) to the northwest; the county seat, Baia Mare, is 70 km (43 mi) to the southwest. Rona de Sus is crossed by national road DN18 [ro; de], which starts in Baia Mare, runs through Sighetu Marmației and Borșa, and ends in Iacobeni, Suceava.

At the 2021 census, Rona de Sus had a population of 4,171, of which 54.21% were Romanians, 34.6% Ukrainians, and 5.49% Hungarians.^[2] At the 2011 census, there were 3,855 inhabitants, of which 83.35% were Ukrainians, 8.12% Hungarians, and 5% Romanians. At the 2002 census, the commune had a population of 4,698, of which 72.9% were Ukrainian Orthodox, 10.8% stated they belonged to another religion, 8.6% were Roman Catholic, and 4.8% Greek-Catholic.

• Nicolae-Miroslav Petrețchi [ro] (born 1985), politician, president of the Union of the Ukrainians of Romania party

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