Type: | town |
County: | Maramureș |
Săliștea de Sus | |
Leader Name: | Ștefan Iuga[1] |
Leader Party: | CMM |
Leader Term: | 2020 - 2024 |
Coordinates: | 47.65°N 45°W |
Elevation: | 500 |
Area Total: | 64.77 |
Population Total: | auto |
Postal Code: | 437295 |
Area Code: | (+40) 02 62 |
Săliștea de Sus (Hungarian: Felsőszelistye, Yiddish: סלישט|Selist) is a town in Maramureș County, Maramureș, Romania. It was declared a town in 2004.
The town is located in the southeastern part of Maramureș County, about east of the county seat, Baia Mare, on the border with Bistrița-Năsăud County. It lies at an altitude of, in a hilly area in the northeastern foothills of the Țibleș Mountains, on the banks of the Iza River.
At the 2021 census, Săliștea de Sus had a population of 4,856, with an absolute majority (97%) of ethnic Romanians.[2]