Type: | commune |
County: | Maramureș |
Vișeu de Jos | |
Leader Name: | Gavrilă Simon[1] |
Leader Party: | PNL |
Leader Term: | 2020 - 2024 |
Coordinates: | 47.725°N 24.3669°W |
Elevation: | 458 |
Area Total: | 56 |
Population Total: | auto |
Postal Code: | 437390 |
Area Code: | (+40) 02 62 |
Vișeu de Jos (Hungarian: Alsóvisó, Yiddish: אונטר-ווישווה|Unter-Visheve or Inter Wisho, German: Unterwischau) is a commune in Maramureș County, Maramureș, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Vișeu de Jos. The river Vișeu, a tributary of the Tisa, flows through this commune.
The commune is located in the central-east part of the county, at a distance of from the town of Vișeu de Sus and from the county seat, Baia Mare. It is situated at an altitude of, in a hilly area on the banks of the river Bistra. The Maramureș Mountains Natural Park lies to the northeast, between Vișeu de Jos and the Romania–Ukraine border.
The Vișeu de Jos train station serves the CFR Line 409, which runs from Salva in Bistrița-Năsăud County to Sighetu Marmației.
At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 5,212, of which 93.05% were Romanians and 3.18% Roma.[2]