Suciu de Sus

Suciu de Sus (Hungarian: Felsőszőcs) is a commune in Maramureș County, Transylvania, Romania.

The commune lies on the banks of the river Suciu and its left tributary, the Periac.

It is situated at a distance of 15 km (9.3 mi) from the town of Târgu Lăpuș and 57 km (35 mi) from Baia Mare, the seat of Maramureș County.

At the 2021 census, Suciu de Sus had a population of 3,621, of which 92.07% were Romanians and 1.85% Roma.

[3] The Church of the Holy Archangels, one of eight Wooden churches of Maramureș listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was built in Suciu de Sus in 1633 and was moved to the nearby village of Rogoz in 1883.