Rona de Jos

Rona de Jos
Rona de Jos
Commune
	Nativity of Mary wooden church
	Location in Maramureș County
	Rona de Jos Location in Romania
	Coordinates: 47°55′N 24°1′E / 47.917°N 24.017°E
Country	Romania
County	Maramureș
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Ion Herbil (PSD)
Area	22.73 km2 (8.78 sq mi)
Elevation	330 m (1,080 ft)
Population (2021-12-01)	1,928
• Density	85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	437245
Area code	(+40) 02 62
Vehicle reg.	MM
Website	primariaronadejos.ro

Rona de Jos (Hungarian: Alsóróna, Yiddish: אונטר-רינה, romanized: Inter Rina) is a commune in Maramureș County, Maramureș, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Rona de Jos.

The commune is located in a hilly area in the northern part of the county, 3 km (1.9 mi) from the river Tisza and the Ukrainian border. The river Rona, a right tributary of the Iza, flows through the commune. The nearest city is Sighetu Marmației, 8 km (5 mi) to the west; the county seat, Baia Mare, is 67 km (42 mi) to the southwest.

Rona de Jos is crossed by national road DN18 [ro; de], which starts in Baia Mare, runs through Sighetu Marmației and Borșa, and ends in Iacobeni, Suceava.

The commune neighbors the following localities: Crăciunești, Tisa, and Sighetu Marmației to the west and southwest, Vadu Izei and Valea Stejarului to the south, Lunca la Tisa and Valea Vișeului to the north, and Rona de Sus to the east.^[2]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1880	1,256	—
1900	1,856	+47.8%
1910	2,042	+10.0%
1930	2,746	+34.5%
1956	2,384	−13.2%
1977	2,612	+9.6%
1992	2,307	−11.7%
2002	2,110	−8.5%
2011	1,776	−15.8%
2021	1,928	+8.6%
Source: Census data