Vișeu de Sus (; ; ; ; , Ober Vishoi, Ojberwischo) is a town in Maramureș County, Maramureș, Romania, located at the confluence of the rivers Vișeu and Vaser. It administers one village, Vișeu de Mijloc (Középvisó). It has an area of 443 km2 and a population of 15,000. It is best known for the Mocăniță. Demographics According to the 2011 Romanian census, the total population of the town was 15,037. The town is situated in a hilly area and therefore most of the people live in the valleys with their settlements as follows: Țipțerai and Valea Poieniței Valea Vinului (1000 inhabitants) Valea Vaserului (800 inhabitants) Valea Peștilor (500 inhabitants) Valea Scradei (700 inhabitants) Vișeu de Mijloc (1900 inhabitants) Valea Botoaia, Arşiţa (500 inhabitants) Rădeasa (900 inhabitants) Administration and local politics Town council The town's current local council has the following multi-party political composition, based on the results of the votes cast at the 2020 Romanian local elections: Forestry railway Vișeu de Sus is the terminus of a forestry railway system that extends deep into the Vaser river valley approaching the Ukrainian border. Timber is cut on the hillsides at the head of the valley and brought down by rail for cutting in the sawmill at Vișeu. The waste wood is burned in the locomotive boilers. The nearest national railway (CFR standard gauge) passenger station is at Vișeu de Jos, 4 km away, on the line 409 from Salva to Sighetu Marmației. The passenger branch to Borșa (via Vișeu de Sus itself), although closed to passengers in 2009, remains mostly intact (as of 2014) for freight. The railway serves also for public transport between Vișeu de Sus and Paltin (terminus station for public). Trains go every day during spring and summer (from 20 June to 18 September), the departure is at 9 am. The stations on the way from Vișeu de Sus are: Novat, Novat Delta, Glimboaca, Cozia and Paltin. Trains may be delayed or cancelled without prior warning due to bad weather or Mountain Rescue advice. History The town of Viseu de Sus, according to most authors of monographs, is documented from February 2, 1365 (Ketwyssou). This first mention of Vișeu de Sus as a settlement appears in the diploma of the King Louis I of Hungary. According to other authors, the settlement was documented since 1549, under the name of "Vișeul Nou" (The New Vișeu) or "Între Râuri"