Târgu Lăpuș


Târgu Lăpuș is a town in Maramureș County, northern Transylvania, Romania, on the river Lăpuș. In 2011, it had a population of 11,744. 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, Borcut, Cufoaia, Dămăcușeni, Dobricu Lăpușului, Dumbrava, Fântânele, Groape, Inău, Răzoare, Rogoz, Rohia and Stoiceni.
The Church of the Holy Archangels in Rogoz village is one of eight Wooden Churches of Maramureș listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Among the town's historic buildings are also the Roman Catholic church, the Calvinist church, the Orthodox church, the old school, and the old town hall, now a dispensary. Rohia Monastery is also located within the town limits.