Lăpuș

Lăpuș (formerly Lăpușul Românesc; ) is a commune in Maramureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Lăpuș.

Key facts

Romanian subdivision.type: commune
Romanian subdivision.county: Maramureș
Romanian subdivision.name: Lăpuș
Romanian subdivision.image_skyline: Biserica de lemn din Lăpus (31).JPG
Romanian subdivision.image_caption: Dormition of the Theotokos wooden church in Lăpuș
Romanian subdivision.image_map: Lapus jud Maramures.png
Romanian subdivision.map_caption: Location in Maramureș County
Romanian subdivision.leader_name: Cristina Buda
Romanian subdivision.leader_party: PNL
Romanian subdivision.leader_term: 2020–2024
Romanian subdivision.elevation: 393
Romanian subdivision.area_total

Article

6 sections

Contents

Geography
History
Demographics
Natives
Notes
External links

Lăpuș (formerly Lăpușul Românesc; ) is a commune in Maramureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Lăpuș.

==Geography== The commune is located in the southern part of the county, east of the town of Târgu Lăpuș, the center of the ethnographic region. It is situated at an altitude of , in a hilly area to the west of the Țibleș Mountains, on the banks of the Lăpuș River.