Suciu de Sus
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Suciu de Sus is a commune in Maramureş County
, Romania
. It is composed of three villages: Larga (Tágfalva), Suciu de Jos (Alsószőcs) and Suciu de Sus.
In 2002, the commune had 6,222 residents. They were 96.1% Romanians
, 2.3% Hungarians and 1.6% Roma. 91.9% were Romanian Orthodox, 3.3% Greek-Catholic
, 2.6% Roman Catholic and 2% Pentecostal
.
Maramures County
Maramureș is a county of Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare.- History :* The 10th century frontier county of Borsova was founded by Stephen I of Hungary. Since then Máramaros served as the north-eastern border of the Hungarian Kingdom until 1920, the Trianon Peace...
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. It is composed of three villages: Larga (Tágfalva), Suciu de Jos (Alsószőcs) and Suciu de Sus.
In 2002, the commune had 6,222 residents. They were 96.1% Romanians
Romanians
The Romanians are an ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania....
, 2.3% Hungarians and 1.6% Roma. 91.9% were Romanian Orthodox, 3.3% Greek-Catholic
Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic
The Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic is an Eastern Catholic Church which is in full union with the Roman Catholic Church. It is ranked as a Major Archiepiscopal Church and uses the Byzantine liturgical rite in the Romanian language....
, 2.6% Roman Catholic and 2% Pentecostal
Pentecostal Union of Romania
The Pentecostal Union of Romania is Romania's fourth-largest religious body and one of its eighteen officially recognised religious denominations. At the 2002 census, 330,486 Romanians declared themselves to be Pentecostals; ethnically, they were 85.2% Romanians, 10.6% Roma, 1.9% Ukrainians, 1.8%...
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