Târgu Lăpuş

Târgu Lăpuş
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Location of Târgu Lăpuş
Coordinates: 47°27′9″N 23°51′47″E / 47.4525°N 23.86306°E / 47.4525; 23.86306Coordinates: 47°27′9″N 23°51′47″E / 47.4525°N 23.86306°E / 47.4525; 23.86306
Country	Romania
County	Maramureş County
Status	Town
Government
– Mayor	Mitru Leşe (Social Democratic Party)
Population (2002)
– Total	13,355
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Târgu Lăpuş (Romanian pronunciation: [ˌtɨrɡu ləˈpuʃ]; Hungarian: Magyarlápos; German: Laposch) is a town in Maramureş County, northern Transylvania, Romania, on the river Lăpuş. In 2002, it had a population of 13,355. Of these, 86.5% were Romanians, 12.4% Hungarians and 1% Roma. 74.5% belonged to the Romanian Orthodox Church, 10.1% to the Reformed Church, 7.3% were Pentecostal, 4% Greek-Catholic and 2.7% Roman Catholic.

The town administers thirteen villages: Boiereni (Boérfalva), Borcut (Borkút), Cufoaia (Kohópatak), Dămăcuşeni (Domokos), Dobricu Lăpuşului (Láposdebrek), Dumbrava (Kisdebrecen), Fântânele (Lápospataka), Groape (Groppa), Inău (Ünőmező), Răzoare (Macskamező), Rogoz (Rogoz), Rohia (Rohi) and Stoiceni (Sztojkafalva).

The Church of the Holy Archangels in Rogoz village is one of eight Wooden Churches of Maramureş listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.[1]

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  Reformed church (18th century)

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  Roman Catholic church (1831)

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  Old school (1858)

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  Police station and former town hall (19th century)

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  Monument commemorating the 1918 Union of Transylvania with Romania (1935)

Panorama of Târgu Lăpuş