Suciu de Sus ( hu, Felsőszőcs) is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

Maramureș County Maramureș County () is a county (județ) in Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare. Name In Hungarian it is known as ''Máramaros megye'', in Ukrainian as Мараморо́щина, in German as ''Kreis Marmarosch' ...

Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

. It is composed of three villages: Larga (''Tágfalva''), Suciu de Jos (''Alsószőcs''), and Suciu de Sus. The commune lies on the banks of the river Suciu. It is located in the southern part of the county, on the border with

Bistrița-Năsăud County Bistrița-Năsăud () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Bistrița. Name In Hungarian, it is known as ''Beszterce-Naszód megye'', and in German as ''Kreis Bistritz-Nassod''. The name is identical with ...

and near the border with

Cluj County Cluj County (; german: Kreis Klausenburg, hu, Kolozs megye) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Transylvania. Its seat ( ro, Oraș reședință de județ) is Cluj-Napoca (german: Klausenburg). Name In Hungarian, it is known as ''Kolozs megye ...

. It is situated at a distance of from the town of

Târgu Lăpuș Târgu Lăpuș (; Hungarian: ''Magyarlápos''; german: Laposch) is a town in Maramureș County, northern Transylvania, Romania. It administers thirteen villages: Boiereni (''Boérfalva''), Borcut (''Borkút''), Cufoaia (''Kohópatak''), Dămăcu ...

and from

Baia Mare Baia Mare ( , ; hu, Nagybánya; german: Frauenbach or Groß-Neustadt; la, Rivulus Dominarum) is a municipality along the Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramur ...

, the seat of Maramureș County. Suciu de Sus is traversed by

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DJ171, which starts in Târgu Lăpuș and leads to Târlișua commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County; the border between the two counties is marked by a tall wayside stone cross, built in 2019. In 2011, the commune had 3,868 residents. Of those, 91.13% were

Romanians The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym '' Vlachs'') are a Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Romanian culture and ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they live primarily in Romania and Moldova. The 2011 Roman ...

, and 4.52% Roma. 89.3% were

Romanian Orthodox The Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC; ro, Biserica Ortodoxă Română, ), or Patriarchate of Romania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, and one of the nine patriarchates ...

, 4.34%

Greek-Catholic The term Greek Catholic Church can refer to a number of Eastern Catholic Churches following the Byzantine (Greek) liturgy, considered collectively or individually. The terms Greek Catholic, Greek Catholic church or Byzantine Catholic, Byzantine Ca ...

, and 1.94%

Pentecostal Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement

. The Church of the Holy Archangels, one of eight

Wooden churches of Maramureș The wooden churches of Maramureș in the Maramureș region of northern Transylvania are a group of almost one hundred Orthodox churches, and occasionally Greek-Catholic ones, of different architectural solutions from different periods and areas. ...

listed as a

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, was built in Suciu de Sus in 1633 and was moved to the nearby village of Rogoz in 1883. File:RO MM Suciu de Sus 1.jpg, Entrance into Suciu de Sus File:RO MM Suciu de Sus 2.jpg, Orthodox church (Suciu de Sus) File:RO MM Suciu de Sus 3.jpg, Greek-Catholic church (Suciu de Sus) File:RO MM Suciu de Sus 4.jpg, Statue of Atanasie Moț Dâmbul, local hero in the

1848 Revolution The Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Springtime of the Peoples or the Springtime of Nations, were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe starting in 1848. It remains the most widespread revolutionary wave in Europe ...

(Suciu de Sus) File:RO MM Suciu de Jos 2.jpg, Greek-Catholic church, used by Orthodox (Suciu de Jos) File:RO MM Suciu de Jos 5.jpg, Orthodox church (Suciu de Jos) File:RO MM Larga 15.jpg, (Larga) File:RO MM Larga 87.jpg, Farmland (Larga)

References

Communes in Maramureș County Localities in Transylvania {{Maramureş-geo-stub