Șintereag ( hu, Somkerék) is a commune in
Bistrița-Năsăud County
Bistrița-Năsăud () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Bistrița.
Name
In Hungarian language, Hungarian, it is known as ''Beszterce-Naszód megye'', and in German language, German as ''Kreis Bistritz-N ...
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Transylvania
Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...
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Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
. It is composed of seven villages: Blăjenii de Jos (''Alsóbalázsfalva''), Blăjenii de Sus (''Felsőbalázsfalva''), Caila (''Kajla''), Cociu (''Szamoskócs''), Șieu-Sfântu (''Sajószentandrás''), Șintereag and Șintereag-Gară (''Somkeréki állomás'').
Natives
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Grigore Bălan
Grigore Bălan (July 14, 1896–September 13, 1944) was a Romanian brigadier general during World War II.
Bălan was born in Felsőbalázsfalva, a village in Beszterce-Naszód County, Kingdom of Hungary, now Blăjenii de Sus, Bistrița-Năsău ...
(1896–1944), Brigadier General during World War II
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Nicolae Bălan
Nicolae Bălan (; April 27, 1882 – August 6, 1955) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian cleric, a metropolitan bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The son of a priest, he graduated from Czernowitz University and taught theology at Sibiu fro ...
(1882–1955), metropolitan bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church
References
Communes in Bistrița-Năsăud County
Localities in Transylvania
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