Săpânța

Săpânța
Szaplonca

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Maramures

Circle :

Maramureș

Coordinates :

47 ° 58 ' N , 23 ° 42' E Coordinates: 47 ° 58 '20 " N , 23 ° 41' 50" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Area :

139.17 km²

Residents :

2,903 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

21 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

437305

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 62

License plate :

MM

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Mayor :

Gheorghe Stan ( PNL )

Postal address :

Str. Principală, no. 512
loc. Săpânța, loc. Maramureș, RO-437305

Website :

www.primaria-sapanta.ro

Săpânța old spelling Săpînța [ səpɨntsa ] ( Hungarian Szaplonca , Slovak Sapunka , Yiddish Spinka or Shpinka ) is a municipality in the Maramureş District in Romania .

Geographical location

Săpânța is located in northern Romania about one kilometer south of the upper reaches of the Tisza , in the historical region of Maramures ( Máramaros county ). At Drum național 19 , the place is about 20 kilometers northwest of Sighetu Marmației ; the district capital Baia Mare ( Frauenbach ) is about 80 kilometers (35 km as the crow flies) south of Săpânța.

Attractions

The place is known for the "Merry Cemetery" ( Cimitirul Vesel ), where the local artist Stan Ioan Pătraș has designed the traditional wooden grave stelae with hand-painted pictures of the deceased and verses about their lives for decades.

On the outskirts of Săpânța, the Peri monastery Sfântul Arhanghel Mihail has been built since the beginning of the 3rd millennium . His church, built from 1997 to 2003, is said to be the highest stave church in Europe at 75 m .