Beclean

Beclean (Romanian pronunciation: [beˈkle̯an] (listen); Hungarian and German: Bethlen) is a town in Bistrița-Năsăud County, in north-eastern Transylvania, Romania. It had 10,628 inhabitants at the 2011 census. Of those, 81.6% were Romanians, 14.2% Hungarians, and 3.7% Roma.

Beclean
Town
Reformed church in Beclean
Coat of arms
Location in Bistrița-Năsăud County
Beclean Location in Romania
Coordinates: 47°10′47″N 24°10′47″E
Country	Romania
County	Bistrița-Năsăud
Government
• Mayor	Nicolae Moldovan[1] (PSD)
Area	59.57 km^2 (23.00 sq mi)
Elevation	252 m (827 ft)
Population  (2011)[2]	10,628
• Density	180/km^2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	425100
Vehicle reg.	BN
Website	www.primariabeclean.ro

The town administers three villages: Coldău (Goldau; Várkudu), Figa (Füge) and Rusu de Jos (Alsóoroszfalu).

Bethlen Castle

Beclean pe Someș train station

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 railway line from Brașov to Satu Mare.

History

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1930	3,334	—
1977	6,957	+108.7%
1992	11,606	+66.8%
2002	12,033	+3.7%
2011	10,628	−11.7%
Source: Census data

The town of Beclean is also the ancestral seat of the Hungarian Bethlen family. In 1850 the inhabitants of the city were 1,475, of which 805 Romanians, 327 Hungarians, 163 Jews, 163 Roma, 5 Germans and 12 of other ethnicities.[3]

Natives

• Károly Bárányos
• György Bernády
• Cornel Cornea
• Cristian Costin
• Aharon Ze'evi-Farkash

References

1. "Results of the 2016 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
2. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
3. "ERDÉLY ETNIKAI ÉS FELEKEZETI STATISZTIKÁJA".