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Bocicoiu Mare
Bocicoiu Mare
— Commune —
Main road in Bocicoiu Mare
Bocicoiu Mare
Mare, and Kisbocskó and Nagybocskó, which form to-
Coordinates: 47°58′N 24°0′E / 47.967°N 24°E / 47.967; 24
day’s Velykyy Bychkiv.
Country Romania Lunca la Tisa was part of the former Hungarian vil-
County Maramureş County lage of Lonka, which was cut into two parts after the
World Wars, when the Tisza River became a natural bor-
Population (2002)[1] 4,468
der between Romania and Ukraine. Its Ukrainian half
Time zone EET (UTC+2) forms the village of Luh (Луг).
DST)
• Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Bocicoiu Mare (Hungarian: Nagybocskó or Újbocskó; Demographics
Ukrainian: Великий Бичків) is a commune in Maramureş In 1910 the village had 5955 inhabitants: 3078 Rusyns,
County, Romania. It lies 9 kilometres east of Sighetu Mar- 1646 Hungarians and 1177 Germans. It belonged to the
maţiei; across the Tisza River from Velykyy Bychkiv, Hungarian county of Máramaros. After World War I the
Ukraine. village was split in two, and the river became a natural
border of the two countries (with Velykyy Bychkiv in
Villages Czechoslovakia until 1945, before being incorporated in-
to the Ukrainian SSR).
The commune is composed of four villages: Bocicoiu
At the 2002 census, 59.1% of inhabitants were
Mare, Crăciuneşti, Lunca la Tisa (Ukrainian: Луг над
Ukrainians, 32.4% Romanians and 8.3% Hungarians.
Тисою) and Tisa.
76.8% were Romanian Orthodox, 8.5% Roman Catholic,
8.2% Greek-Catholic and 4.7% stated they belonged to an-
History other religion.
The village was first mentioned in 1373, by the name
Boshko. Its name derives from a Slavic word meaning Main sights
"bull". From 1556 it belonged to the Báthory family. By
• Its Roman Catholic church was built in the 14th
1711 a mansion already stood here. After the failed revo-
century in Gothic style architecture, but it was
lution led by Francis II Rákóczi, Germans settled down in
rebuilt several times and lost its Gothic elements.
the area.
The village was known as Németbocskó ("German Boc-
skó", later called Újbocskó or "New Bocskó") and was unit- References
ed with two villages (Nagybocskó and Kisbocskó; [1] Romanian census data, 2002; retrieved on March 1,
"Greater" and "Smaller" Bocskó) across the river, form- 2010
ing a greater village called Nagybocskó. This village had This article is based on a translation of the equivalent article
thus three parts: Újbocskó, which forms today’s Bocicoiu from the Hungarian Wikipedia on 19 February 2007.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bocicoiu Mare
Coordinates: 47°58′N 24°00′E / 47.967°N 24°E / 47.967; 24
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