Beclean

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FieldValue
typetown
countyBistrița-Năsăud
official_nameBeclean
image_shieldROU BN Beclean CoA.jpg
image_skylineChurch in Beclean.jpg
image_captionReformed church in Beclean
image_mapBeclean jud Bistrita-Nasaud.png
map_captionLocation in Bistrița-Năsăud County
leader_nameNicolae Moldovan
leader_term2024–2028
leader_partyPSD
coordinates
elevation252
area_total59.57
population_totalauto
postal_code425100
area_code+(40) 263
website
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Beclean (; Hungarian and German: Bethlen) is a town in Bistrița-Năsăud County, in north-eastern Transylvania, Romania. The town administers three villages: Coldău (Goldau; Várkudu), Figa (Füge), and Rusu de Jos (Alsóoroszfalu).

Geography

The town lies on the Transylvanian Plateau, at the confluence of the river Someșul Mare with its affluent, the Șieu. It is located in the western part of the county, at a distance of 30 km from the town of Năsăud and 36 km from the county seat, Bistrița; the city of Dej is 27 km to the west, in Cluj County.

History

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The town of Beclean is the ancestral seat of the Hungarian Bethlen family.

In 1850, the town had 1,475 inhabitants, of which 805 were Romanians, 327 Hungarians, 163 Jews, 163 Roma, 5 Germans, and 12 of other ethnicities. At the 2011 census, it had 10,628 inhabitants; of those, 81.6% were Romanians, 14.2% Hungarians, and 3.7% Roma. At the 2021 census, Beclean had a population of 11,260.

|source = Census data |1850 |1475 |1910 |3070 |1920 |3088 |1930 |3334 |1941 |3439 |1966 |3657 |1977 |6957 |1992 |11606 |2002 |12033 |2011 |10628 |2021 |11260

Transportation

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Beclean is the site of an important railway junction (the train station is called Beclean pe Someș), where secondary routes to Sighetu Marmației and Suceava diverge from the main Căile Ferate Române railway line 400 from Brașov to Satu Mare.

The town is traversed by two national roads: (part of European route E58), which joins Dej in Cluj County to Suceava, and , which joins Beclean to Cârlibaba in Suceava County. Additionally, county road DJ172A connects it to Gherla in Cluj County, while road DJ172F provides an alternate route to Dej.

Education

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Beclean is home to four high schools: the Petru Rareș National College, the Henri Coandă Technological High School, the Beclean Agricultural Technological High School, and High School Nr. 1. There is also a middle school, the Grigore Silași Gymnasium.

Natives

References

References

  1. "Results of the 2024 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau.
  2. "Date generale". Beclean town hall.
  3. "ERDÉLY ETNIKAI ÉS FELEKEZETI STATISZTIKÁJA".
  4. (31 May 2023). "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021". [[National Institute of Statistics (Romania).
  5. "Colegiul Național Petru Rareș – Beclean".
  6. "Liceul Tehnologic "Henri Coandă", Beclean".
  7. "Liceul Tehnologic Agricol Beclean".
  8. "Școala Gimnazială "Grigore Silași" Beclean".

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