Târgu Lăpuș

Also known as Târgu Lăpuş, Targu Lapus, Magyarlápos, Laposch, Magyarlapos

town in Maramureș County, Romania

Key facts

Country: Romania
County: Maramureș
Mayor 2024 2028: Andrei-Vlad Herman ( PNL )
Area: 247.35 km (95.50 sq mi)
Elevation: 334 m (1,096 ft)
Population 2021 12 01: 11,163
Density: 45.130/km (116.89/sq mi)
Time zone: UTC+02:00 ( EET )
Summer dst: UTC+03:00 ( EEST )
Area code: (+40) 02 62
Vehicle reg: MM
Website: primariatargulapus .ro

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Târgu Lăpuș ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˌtɨrɡu ləˈpuʃ]; Hungarian: Magyarlápos, Yiddish: מאדיאר-לאפאש, romanized: Madjar Laposh, German: Laposch) is a town in Maramureș County, northern Transylvania, Romania. It administers thirteen villages: Boiereni (Boérfalva), Borcut (Borkút), Cufoaia (Kohópatak), Dămăcușeni (Domokos), Dobricu Lăpușului (Láposdebrek), Dumbrava (Kisdebrecen), Fântânele (until 1960 Poiana Porcului; Lápospataka), Groape (Groppa), Inău (Ünőmező), Răzoare (Macskamező), Rogoz (Rogoz), Rohia (Rohi), and Stoiceni (Sztojkafalva).

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