Șieu (; ) 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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. It is composed of four villages: Ardan (''Garendorf''; ''Árdány''), Posmuș (''Paßbusch''; ''Paszmos''), Șieu, and Șoimuș (''Almesch''; ''Sajósolymos''). The commune is situated on the

Transylvanian Plateau The Transylvanian Plateau (; ) is a plateau in central Romania. Description The plateau lies within and takes its name from the historical region of Transylvania, and is almost entirely surrounded by the Eastern Carpathians, Eastern, Southern ...

, at an altitude of , on the banks of the river Șieu. It is located in the southern part of Bistrița-Năsăud County, southeast of the county seat,

Bistrița (; , archaic , Transylvanian Saxon: , ) is the capital city of Bistrița-Năsăud County, in northern Transylvania, Romania. It is situated on the Bistrița River. The city has a population of 78,877 inhabitants as of 2021 and administers s ...

, on the border with

Mureș County Mureș County (, , ) is a county (''județ'') of Romania, in the Historical regions of Romania, historical region of Transylvania, with the administrative centre in Târgu Mureș. The county was established in 1968, after the administrative reor ...

. Șieu borders the following communes: Cetate to the north,

Budacu de Jos Budacu de Jos (; ) is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Budacu de Jos, Buduș (''Alsóbudak'';''Budesdorf''), Jelna (''Kiszsolna''; ''Senndorf''), Monariu (''Malomárka''; ''Minarken''), ...

to the northwest,

Mărișelu Mărișelu (; ) is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Bârla (''Berlád''), Domnești (''Bilak''), Jeica (''Zselyk''), Măgurele (''Serling''), Mărișelu, Nețeni (''Nec''), and Sântio ...

to the west,

Batoș Batoș (, Hungarian pronunciation: ; ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Batoș, Dedrad (''Dedrád''; ''Zepling''), Goreni (''Dedrádszéplak''; ''Ungarisch Zepling''), and Uila (''Vajola''; ''W ...

, Mureș County to the south, and

Șieuț Șieuț (; ) is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Lunca (formerly ''Friș''; ''Friss''), Ruștior (''Sajósebes''), Sebiș (''Sajófelsősebes''), and Șieuț. The commune is located in ...

to the east. The route of the

Via Transilvanica Via Transilvanica 'The Transylvanian Trail' is a hiking trail that crosses the Transylvania, Bukovina and Banat regions of Romania, and is meant to promote their cultural, ethnic, historical and natural diversity. It was built between 2018 and ...

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passes through the village of Posmuș. At the 2021 census, Șieu had a population of 2,932; of those, 87.72% were

Romanians Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, ...

, 7.37%

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, and 2.08%

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Communes in Bistrița-Năsăud County Localities in Transylvania {{BistriţaNăsăud-geo-stub