Desești
Desești (Hungarian: Desze, Yiddish: דעסעשט, romanized: Desht or Desest) is a commune in Maramureș County, Maramureș, Romania.It is composed of three villages: Desești, Hărnicești (Hernécs), and Mara (Crăcești until 1956; Krácsfalva).The commune belongs to the Baia Mare metropolitan area.It is situated at an altitude of 430 m (1,410 ft), in a hilly region on the southeastern slopes of the Gutin Mountains.At the 2021 census, Desești had a population of 2,179, with an absolute majority (95%) of ethnic Romanians.