Suciu de Sus

Suciu de Sus (Hungarian: 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.

Suciu de Sus
Commune
Larga
Location in Maramureș County
Suciu de Sus Location in Romania
Coordinates: 47°26′N 24°2′E
Country	Romania
County	Maramureș
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Viorel Pașca (PSD)
Area	114.69 km2 (44.28 sq mi)
Elevation	413 m (1,355 ft)
Population  (2021-12-01)[1]	3,621
• Density	32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	437315
Area code	+40 x59
Vehicle reg.	MM
Website	primariasuciudesus.ro

Geography

The commune lies on the banks of the river Suciu and its left tributary, the Periac. 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 15 km (9.3 mi) from the town of Târgu Lăpuș and 57 km (35 mi) 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 3 m (9.8 ft) tall wayside stone cross, built in 2019.^[2]

Demography

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1880	4,065	—
1900	4,889	+20.3%
1910	4,984	+1.9%
1930	5,447	+9.3%
1956	6,406	+17.6%
1977	7,151	+11.6%
1992	6,769	−5.3%
2002	6,222	−8.1%
2011	3,868	−37.8%
2021	3,621	−6.4%
Source: Census data

At the 2011 census, the commune had 3,868 residents; of those, 91.13% were Romanians and 4.52% Roma; 89.3% were Romanian Orthodox, 4.34% Greek-Catholic, and 1.94% Pentecostal. At the 2021 census, Suciu de Sus had a population of 3,621, of which 92.07% were Romanians and 1.85% Roma.^[3]

Churches

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.^[4]

References

1. "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
2. "Cruce din piatră, înaltă de 3 metri, la limita dintre Bistrița-Năsăud și Maramureș". timponline.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved January 19, 2022.
3. "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.
4. "Biserica de lemn din Rogoz "Sfinții Arhangheli" – monument UNESCO". turismmaramures.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved January 19, 2022.

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  Entrance into Suciu de Sus
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  Orthodox church (Suciu de Sus)
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  Greek-Catholic church (Suciu de Sus)
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  Statue of Atanasie Moț Dâmbul, local hero in the 1848 Revolution (Suciu de Sus)
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  Greek-Catholic church, used by Orthodox (Suciu de Jos)
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  Orthodox church (Suciu de Jos)
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  St. Dumitru wooden church [ro] (Larga)
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  Farmland (Larga)