Săpânța
Săpânța is a commune of 3,365 inhabitants situated in Maramureș County, Romania, 15 kilometers northwest of Sighetu Marmației at the northern foothills of the Gutâi Mountains and at the confluence of the Săpânța and Tisza rivers, less than one kilometer south of the border with Ukraine.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 3,030 residents
- Description: commune in Maramureș County, Romania
- Also known as: “108945”, “Comuna Sapanta”, and “Comuna Sãpânţa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Merry Cemetery and Săpânța-Peri Monastery.
Merry Cemetery
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Merry Cemetery is a cemetery in the village of Săpânța, Maramureș County, Romania. It is famous for its brightly coloured tombstones with naïve paintings describing, in an original and poetic manner, the people who are buried there in addition to scenes from their lives.
Săpânța-Peri Monastery
Monastery
The church of Archangel Michael in Săpânța-Peri from the village of Săpânța in the region of Maramureș, Romania is the tallest wooden church in the world.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Teresva and Săpânța.
Teresva
Town
Photo: MSha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Teresva is a rural settlement in Tiachiv Raion of Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Tisza and Teresva. The town's population was 7,554 at the 2001 Ukrainian Census. Current population is 7,480. Teresva is situated 3½ km north of Săpânța.
Bedevlya
Village
Photo: S.Nededa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bedevlia is a village in Zakarpattia Oblast of western Ukraine. As of 2001, its population was 3,971. Bedevlya is situated 4½ km northwest of Săpânța.
Săpânța
- Category: commune of Romania
- Location: Maramureș, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
47.9655° or 47° 57′ 56″ northLongitude
23.6899° or 23° 41′ 24″ eastPopulation
3,030Elevation
267 metres (876 feet)Open location code
8GV5XM8Q+6WOpenStreetMap ID
way 45421340
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Volapük—“Săpânța” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Săpânța”
- Catalan: “Săpânța”
- Cebuano: “Comuna Săpânța”
- Chechen: “Сепинца”
- Chinese: “Săpânţa”
- Chinese: “瑟彭察鄉”
- Dutch: “Săpânța”
- Esperanto: “Săpânța”
- Estonian: “Săpânța”
- French: “Sapânța”
- French: “Săpânța”
- German: “Săpânța”
- German: “Săpînța”
- Hebrew: “ספנצה”
- Hungarian: “Szaplonca község”
- Irish: “Săpânța”
- Italian: “Săpânța”
- Japanese: “サプンツァ”
- Malay: “Săpânţa”
- Malay: “Săpânța”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Săpânța”
- Polish: “Săpânța”
- Portuguese: “Săpânța”
- Romanian: “Comuna Săpânța, Maramureș”
- Romanian: “Săpânța”
- Russian: “Сэпынца”
- Rusyn: “Сопунка”
- Serbian: “Општина Сапанца”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Săpânța, Maramureș”
- Spanish: “Săpânța”
- Swedish: “Săpânța”
- Tatar: “Сепинца”
- Turkish: “Săpânța”
- Ukrainian: “Сепинца”
- Vietnamese: “Sapânta”
- Vietnamese: “Săpânța”
- Volapük: “Săpânța”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Săpânța”. Photo: Andrei Stroe, CC BY-SA 3.0.