Baia Mare City: Baia Mare Coat-of-Arms: State: Romania Address: Primăria Municipiului Baia Mare Str. Gh. Sincai nr. 37 Baia Mare, 430311 ROMANIA T: 0040 262 213 824 0040 262 213 261 Fax: Website: www.baiamarecity.ro E-mail:
[email protected] City Mayor: Cătălin Cherecheş Document/Date of Signature: Partnership Agreement (1990) Baia Mare (large mine) is a city in Romania, Transylvania, and the administrative center of Maramuresh District. The city area is 233.3 km2 – one of the largest Romanian cities. The population is 140,937 residents (2007). Baia Mare is first mentioned in 1142, when Gedza II, a Hungarian king, came here with German colonists. Hungarian population always prevailed among the local residents; the Romanians were the second, and the Germans were the third. In the 1920-1940s, Baia Mare was the part of the Romanian Kingdom. Since 1944, it had been the part of Hungaria. Pursuant to the Paris Agreement, Baia Mare became the integral part of Romania. The city is the hub of non-ferrous metal production. Here, the non-ferrous metallurgy plant operates (lead, copper, and gold); sulfuric acid is produced, and the enterprises of mining, food and wood processing industries function. Rzeszów City: Rzeszów Coat-of-Arms: State: The Republic of Poland Address: Urząd Miasta Rzeszowa Rynek 1 Rzeszow, 35-064 POLSKA T / Fax: 004817 862 2410, 862 2810 004817 862 2641 Website: www.rzeszow.pl E-mail:
[email protected] President: Tadeusz Ferenc Document/Date of Signature: Partnership Agreement (19/09/2000) Rzeszów is the administrative center of Transcarpathian Province, the biggest local agglomeration of South-Eastern Poland, true commercial, industrial and economic city and the largest cultural hub of this country part.