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Beclean (; Hungarian language, Hungarian and German language, 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'').
The town of Beclean is the ancestral seat of the Hungarian Bethlen, Bethlen family.
In 1850 the inhabitants of the town were 1,475, of which 805 Romanians, 327 Hungarians, 163 Jews, 163 Roma in Romania, Roma, 5 Germans, and 12 of other ethnicities. Beclean had 10,628 inhabitants at the 2011 census; of those, 81.6% were Romanians, 14.2% Hungarians, and 3.7% Roma.
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 Căile Ferate Române Line 400, railway line 400 from Brașov to Satu Mare.
The town is traversed by two Roads in Romania, 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.
Beclean is home to four high schools: the Petru Rareș National College (Beclean), 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.
{{Bistriţa-Năsăud County
Populated places in Bistrița-Năsăud County
Localities in Transylvania
Towns in Romania
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Geography
The town lies on the Transylvanian Plateau, at the confluence of the river Someșul Mare with its affluent, the Șieu (river), Șieu. It is located in the western part of the county, at a distance of from the town of Năsăud and from the county seat, Bistrița; the city of Dej is to the west, in Cluj County.History
The town of Beclean is the ancestral seat of the Hungarian Bethlen, Bethlen family.
In 1850 the inhabitants of the town were 1,475, of which 805 Romanians, 327 Hungarians, 163 Jews, 163 Roma in Romania, Roma, 5 Germans, and 12 of other ethnicities. Beclean had 10,628 inhabitants at the 2011 census; of those, 81.6% were Romanians, 14.2% Hungarians, and 3.7% Roma.
Transportation
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 Căile Ferate Române Line 400, railway line 400 from Brașov to Satu Mare.
The town is traversed by two Roads in Romania, 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
Beclean is home to four high schools: the Petru Rareș National College (Beclean), 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
*Károly Bárányos *György Bernády *Cornel Cornea *Cristian Costin * *Aharon Ze'evi-FarkashReferences
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{{Bistriţa-Năsăud County
Populated places in Bistrița-Năsăud County
Localities in Transylvania
Towns in Romania
Monotowns in Romania
Shtetls