Beclean

History

The town of Beclean is the ancestral seat of the Hungarian Bethlen family. In 1850, the town had 1,475 inhabitants, of which 805 were Romanians, 327 Hungarians, 163 Jews, 163 Roma, 5 Germans, and 12 of other ethnicities. At the 2011 census, it had 10,628 inhabitants; of those, 81.6% were Romanians, 14.2% Hungarians, and 3.7% Roma. At the 2021 census, Beclean had a population of 11,260.

Geography

The town lies on the Transylvanian Plateau, at the confluence of the river Someșul Mare with its affluent, the 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.

Most-observed species

• Canadian Goldenrod

  Solidago canadensis L. · Magnoliopsida
  40
• Jerusalem Artichoke

  Helianthus tuberosus L. · Magnoliopsida
  26
• Common Toad

  Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Amphibia
  19
• Desert false indigo, False indigo-bush, Bastard indigobush

  Amorpha fruticosa L. · Magnoliopsida
  19
• False-acacia

  Robinia pseudoacacia L. · Magnoliopsida
  18
• Agile Frog

  Rana dalmatina Fitzinger, 1838 · Amphibia
  15
• Canadian Fleabane

  Erigeron canadensis L. · Magnoliopsida
  14
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  14