Beica de Jos ( hu, Alsóbölkény, ) is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

Mureș County Mureș County (, ro, Județul Mures, hu, Maros megye) is a county ('' județ'') of Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania, with the administrative centre in Târgu Mureș. The county was established in 1968, after the administrative ...

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 ...

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 six villages: Beica de Jos, Beica de Sus (''Felsőbölkény''), Căcuciu (''Görgénykakucs''), Nadășa (''Görgénynádas''), Sânmihai de Pădure (''Szentmihály'') and Șerbeni (''Soropháza''). The commune is located in the north-central part of the county, on the eastern edge of the

Transylvanian Plateau The Transylvanian Plateau ( ro, Podișul Transilvaniei; hu, Erdélyi-medence) is a plateau in central Romania. The plateau lies within and takes its name from the historical region of Transylvania, and is almost entirely surrounded by the Easte ...

, at the foot of the

Gurghiu Mountains 300px, Carpathian Mountains in Romania. The Gurghiu Mountains are to the north of the center of this image. The Gurghiu Mountains (Romanian: Munții Gurghiu, Hungarian: Görgény) are a range in the Căliman-Harghita Mountains of the Eastern Car ...

. It lies at a distance of from

Reghin Reghin (; hu, Szászrégen, or ; german: (Sächsisch) Regen) is a city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The ...

, from

Sovata Sovata (; hu, Szováta; Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a town in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. Three villages are administered by the town: Căpeți (''Kopac''), Ilieși (''Illyésmező''), and Săcădat (''Szakadát''). In 2004, the vill ...

, and from the county seat,

Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș (, ; hu, Marosvásárhely ) is the seat of Mureș County in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is the List of cities and towns in Romania, 16th largest Romanian city, with 134,290 inhabitants as of the 2011 Romania ...

. The rivers

Beica Begi is a town in south-western Ethiopia. Located in the West Welega Zone of the Oromia, the town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 1673 meters above sea level. Begi is the administrative center of Begi Aanaa. As of 2005, th ...

and Nadășa flow through the commune. Its neighbors are the city of

and the communes

Petelea Petelea (german: Birk; hu, Petele, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania that is composed of two villages: Habic (''Hétbükk'', meaning "Seven Beech Trees" in Hungarian) and Petelea. It has a population o ...

, Gurghiu, Chiheru de Jos,

Hodoșa Hodoșa ( hu, Székelyhodos or colloquially ''Hodos'', Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania composed of four villages: *Hodoșa *Ihod / Ehed *Isla / Iszló *Sâmbriaș / Jobbágytelke It formed part of ...

, and

Gornești Gornești (formerly ''Ghernesig''; hu, Gernyeszeg, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania composed of nine villages: * Gornești * Iara de Mureș / Marosjára * Ilioara / Kisillye * Mura Mare / Nagyszederj ...

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