Ștei ( hu, Vaskohsziklás) is a town in

Bihor County Bihor County () is a county (județ) in western Romania. With a total area of , Bihor is Romania's 6th largest county geographically and the main county in the historical region of Crișana. Its capital city is Oradea. Toponymy The origin of ...

Crișana Crișana ( hu, Körösvidék, german: Kreischgebiet) is a geographical and historical region in north-western Romania, named after the Criș (Körös) River and its three tributaries: the Crișul Alb, Crișul Negru, and Crișul Repede. In Rom ...

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. Between 1958 and 1996, it was named ''Dr. Petru Groza'', after the Romanian socialist leader who died in 1958.

History

The town was founded in 1952, near a village of the same name, as an industrial centre for the grinding of

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mined in nearby Băița (serving the intensive mining development set as an imperative by the Romanian Communist regime). Romulus Vereș, the notorious

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, was institutionalised in the Ștei psychiatric facility in 1976, and died there in 1993.

Population

According to the last census from 2011 there were 6,144 people living within the city. Of this population, 96.6% are ethnic

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, while 2.88% are ethnic

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and 0.5% others.Romanian 2002 Census
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Natives

Irina Bara Irina Maria Bara (born 18 March 1995) is a professional tennis player from Romania. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 104, achieved on 18 April 2022. On 13 May 2019, she peaked at No. 56 in the WTA doubles rankings. She won her ...

, tennis player (born 1995) * Camelia Adina Hora, singer (born 1986)

References

Populated places established in 1952 Populated places in Bihor County Localities in Crișana Towns in Romania Monotowns in Romania 1952 establishments in Romania {{bihor-geo-stub