Ieud (Hungarian: Jód, Yiddish: יועד, romanized: Yoid or Jood) is a commune in Maramureș County, Maramureș, Romania. The commune is situated in the central part of Maramureș County, on the banks of the Ieud, a left 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 Maramureș that are listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.[3]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 2,078 | — |
| 1900 | 2,594 | +24.8% |
| 1910 | 2,774 | +6.9% |
| 1930 | 2,802 | +1.0% |
| 1956 | 3,715 | +32.6% |
| 1977 | 4,286 | +15.4% |
| 1992 | 4,492 | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 4,223 | −6.0% |
| 2011 | 4,318 | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 4,061 | −6.0% |
| Source: Census data | ||
Natives
- Ștefan Hrușcă (born 1957), folk singer
- Victor Mihaly de Apșa (1841–1918), bishop
References
- ^ “2021 Romanian census”. National Institute of Statistics. 1 December 2021.
- ^ “UNESCO’s World Heritage List from Romania”. Cimec.ro. Archived from the original on 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
- ^ “Wooden Churches of Maramureş – UNESCO World Heritage Centre”. Whc.unesco.org. 1999-12-02. Retrieved 2013-03-26.