Beclean
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Beclean | |
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 Reformed church in Beclean | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Bistrița-Năsăud County | |
  Beclean Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 47°10′47″N 24°10′47″E / 47.17972°N 24.17972°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Bistrița-Năsăud |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Nicolae Moldovan[1] (PSD) |
| Area | 59.57 km2 (23.00 sq mi) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[2] | 11,260 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
| Vehicle reg. | BN |
| Website | www |
Beclean (Romanian pronunciation: [beˈkle̯an] ; Hungarian and German: Bethlen) is a town in Bistrița-Năsăud County, in north-eastern Transylvania, Romania. It had 10,628 inhabitants at the 2011 census. 81.6% of these were Romanians, 14.2% Hungarians and 3.7% Roma.
The town administers three villages: Coldău (Goldau; Várkudu), Figa (Füge) and Rusu de Jos (Alsóoroszfalu). It is the site of an important railway junction (the station is called Beclean pe Someș), where secondary routes to Sighetu Marmației and Suceava diverge from the main railway line from Brașov to Satu Mare.
History
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 3,334 | — |
| 1977 | 6,957 | +108.7% |
| 1992 | 11,606 | +66.8% |
| 2002 | 12,033 | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 10,628 | −11.7% |
| Source: Census data | ||
The town of Beclean is also the ancestral seat of the Hungarian Bethlen family.
References
- ^ "Results of the 2016 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
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