Groși () is a commune in

Maramureș County Maramureș County () is a county (județ) in Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian it is known as ''Máramaros megye'', in Ukrainian language, Ukrainian as Мараморо́щ ...

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. It is composed of three villages: Groși, Ocoliș (''Feketefalu''), and Satu Nou de Jos (''Alsóújfalu''). The commune lies on the banks of the Lăpuș River. It is located in the western part of the county, just south of the county seat,

Baia Mare Baia Mare ( , ; ; ; ) is a Municipiu, city along the Săsar, Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramureș, a subregion of Transylvania. It is situated about from Buchare ...

. Groși is crossed by

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, which runs from Cășeiu, to the south, to Baia Mare, to the north. At the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 3,283 people, of which 94.71% were

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and 1.51%

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...

Natives

* Dumitru Fărcaș (1938–2018), taragot player.

References

Communes in Maramureș County {{Maramureş-geo-stub