Suciu de Sus ( hu, Felsőszőcs) is a
commune in
Maramureș County,
Transylvania,
Romania. 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 and near the border with
Cluj County. It is situated at a distance of from the town of
Târgu Lăpuș and from
Baia Mare, the seat of Maramureș County.
Suciu de Sus is traversed by
county road 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, and 4.52%
Roma
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. 89.3% were
Romanian Orthodox, 4.34%
Greek-Catholic, and 1.94%
Pentecostal.
The
Church of the Holy Archangels, one of eight
Wooden churches of Maramureș listed as a
UNESCO World Heritage Site, was built in Suciu de Sus in 1633 and was moved to the nearby village of
Rogoz in 1883.
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(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
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