Sighetu Marmației , until 1960 Sighet, is a city (municipality) in Maramureș County near the Iza River, in northwestern Romania. 詳細

At the 2021 census, Sighetu Marmației had a population of 32,793. At the 2011 census, the city had 37,640 inhabitants; of those, 82.2% were 詳細

Inhabited since the Hallstatt period, the populated area lies in the Tisza Valley, an important route as being the only access to the otherwise … 詳細

Twin towns — Sister cities
Sighetu Marmației is twinned with:
• Khust, Ukraine
• Oława, Poland
• Kolomyia, Ukraine
• Naples, Italy 詳細

The municipality's name derives from Hungarian name which means "island in Máramaros". According to the legend, the place name comes from … 詳細

After the establishment of the Romanian communist regime, the Securitate ran the Sighet Prison during the 1950s and 1960s as a place for the detention and political repression of … 詳細

• Marius Bilașco
• Dumitru Cernicica
• Géza Frid
• Hédi Fried 詳細