Poienile Izei is a commune in Maramureş County

Maramures County

Maramureș is a county of Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare.- History :* The 10th century frontier county of Borsova was founded by Stephen I of Hungary. Since then Máramaros served as the north-eastern border of the Hungarian Kingdom until 1920, the Trianon Peace...

, Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

. The commune is composed of a single village, Poienile Izei, which was part of Botiza

Botiza

Botiza is a commune in Maramureş County, northern Romania. The commune is well-known for the hand-made wool carpets. It is composed of a single village, Botiza, also including Poienile Izei until the latter was split off to form a separate commune in 1995....

 Commune until being split off in 1995.

At the 2002 census, 99.9% of inhabitants were Romanians

Romanians

The Romanians are an ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania....

 and 0.1% Ukrainians

Ukrainians

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. 100% were Romanian Orthodox.

The commune's church of Pious Parscheva

Paraskevi

Paraskevi is a female name. Variations include Petka, Paraskeva, Praskovia, Praskovie, Pyatnitsa, Pyetka, Paraskevoula, Paraschiva and Voula.Notable people with the name include:*Voula Patoulidou, Greek hurdler and long jumper*Paraskevi...

 was built in 1604 and is one of eight Wooden Churches of Maramureş

Wooden Churches of Maramures

The Wooden Churches of Maramureş in the Maramureş region of northern Transylvania are a group of almost one hundred churches of different architectural solutions from different periods and areas. They are Orthodox churches. The Maramureş churches are high timber constructions with characteristic...

 that are listed by UNESCO

UNESCO

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 as a World Heritage Site

World Heritage Site

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.http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/904