Groși ( hu, Tőkésbánya) 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 Marmarosc ...

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. It is composed of three villages: Groși, Ocoliș (''Feketefalu''), and Satu Nou de Jos (''Alsóújfalu''). The commune lies on the banks of the Lăpuș River. It is located in the western part of the county, just south of the county seat,

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 Maramure� ...

. Groși is crossed by

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, which runs from

Cășeiu Căşeiu ( hu, Alsókosály; german: Koschal) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of ten villages: Cășeiu, Comorâța, Coplean (''Kapjon''), Custura (''Dumbráva''), Gârbău Dejului (''Désorbó''), Guga (''Guga'') ...

, to the south, to Baia Mare, to the north. At the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 3,283 people, of which 94.71% were

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and 1.51%

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Ural ...

Natives

* Dumitru Fărcaș (1938–2018), taragot player.

References

Communes in Maramureș County {{Maramureş-geo-stub