Aspecte demografice ale plasei Baia Mare din comitatul Satu Mare, oglindite în recensământul iosefin
Demographic aspects in the census of Joseph II, concerning Baia Mare district, county of Satu Mare

Summary/Abstract: The district of Baia Mare, located in the eastern area of Satu Mare County, includes all the shapes of relief (mountains, hills, plain) and this is a fact to leave mark upon the population’s life and evolution. The largest number of localities is located along the valleys that dig the territory, the Someș Valley especially. The Depression of Oaș and this one of Maramureș are also intensely populated, with a high number of localities. Apa and Medieșu Aurit are to be noted for their highest demographic density, in the area of the Someș Valley, a proper place for agriculture and for a better living standard so. Mining was the occupational filed for many of the district’s habitants, especially for those in the mountainous areas of Oaș and Baia Mare, and Baia Sprie countryside, together with breeding and farming. The mining workers’ life was particularly difficult. The privileged statutes of the two towns mentioned above proves the mining ampleness and importance in this district which was the unique territorial-administrative unit to include two royal free towns in the county of Satu Mare.

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