Săpânța

Maramureș County · Romania
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Photos: Merry Cemetery in Săpânța: painted crosses of Maramureș; Săpânța-Peri Monastery: a 78-metre wooden church

Săpânța is a village in Romania.

Population: 3,031 (2021).

Here and nearby on the site: 2 sights.

Facts: Wikidata, OpenStreetMap. More on Wikipedia

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What's nearby

What to visit

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Merry Cemetery in Săpânța: painted crosses of MaramureșHistoric siteMerry Cemetery in Săpânța: painted crosses of MaramureșSăpânțaunder 1 km from the centreThe Merry Cemetery (Cimitirul Vesel) is the village cemetery in the centre of Săpânța in historical Maramureș, a few kilometres from the Tisza and the Ukrainian border.Săpânța-Peri Monastery: a 78-metre wooden churchChurchSăpânța-Peri Monastery: a 78-metre wooden churchSăpânța1.3 km from the centreSăpânța-Peri Monastery (Mănăstirea Săpânța-Peri) is an Orthodox convent on the northern edge of Săpânța, between the village and the Tisza, a few kilometres from the...Sighet Memorial: the former communist prison in Sighetu MarmațieiMuseumSighet Memorial: the former communist prison in Sighetu MarmațieiSighetu Marmației15 km from the centreThe Memorial of the Victims of Communism and of the Resistance (Memorialul Victimelor Comunismului și al Rezistenței) stands in the centre of Sighetu Marmației, right...

Craft nearby

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Eco Maramureș: craft tours to Breb, Sârbi and CălineștiEthno tours & guidesEco Maramureș: craft tours to Breb, Sârbi and CălineștiOcna Șugatag28 km from the centreEco Maramureș is an officially recognised ecotourism destination in the Mara and Cosău valleys and the Gutâi Mountains, between Sighetu Marmației and Baia Mare.

Huts, shelters and springs nearby

336 mSpringSpring (Săpânța)Țibleș Mountains · RomaniaNot verified

All springs of the CarpathiansAll Carpathian huts

Getting there from Ukraine

Border crossings

  • Porubne – Siret — road and pedestrian, 24/7
  • Diakivtsi – Racovăț — road and pedestrian, 24/7 No freight traffic.
  • Krasnoilsk – Vicovu de Sus — road and pedestrian, 08:00–20:00 Cars up to 3.5 t and pedestrians only; not 24/7.
  • Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației — road and pedestrian, 24/7 Passenger traffic only: vehicles up to 3.5 t with up to 9 seats, pedestrians.
  • Diakove – Halmeu — road, 24/7 No pedestrian crossing.

By car

Rakhiv – Sighetu Marmației ≈45 km, ≈56 min (via Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației); Uzhhorod – Sighetu Marmației ≈162 km, ≈2 h 53 min (via Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației); Ivano-Frankivsk – Sighetu Marmației ≈179 km, ≈3 h 16 min (via Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației). Times without border queues, our road routing (GraphHopper, OSM).

Checked 03.11.2026; border crossing hours and timetables change — check before you travel.