Teaca

Commune in Bistrița-Năsăud, Romania

(2020–2024) Damian-Iustian Muntean (PSD)Area

140.80 km² (54.36 sq mi)Elevation

349 m (1,145 ft)Population

(2021-12-01)^[1]

4,991 • Density35/km² (92/sq mi)Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)Postal code

427345

Teaca (German: Tekendorf,^[2] Hungarian: Teke) is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Archiud (Arkeden bei Bistriz, Mezőerked), Budurleni (Budurló), Ocnița (Salzgruben, Mezőakna), Pinticu (Pintak, Szászpéntek), Teaca, and Viile Tecii (Großeidau, Kolozsnagyida).

The commune is situated on the Transylvanian Plateau, in the Nösnerland, a historic region of northeastern Transylvania. Teaca lies at an altitude of 349 m (1,145 ft), on the banks of the river Dipșa and its right tributary, the river Pintic. It is located in the southern part of Bistrița-Năsăud County, 32 km (20 mi) from the county seat, Bistrița, on the border with Mureș County.

Teaca is crossed by national road DN15A [ro] (part of European route E578), which joins Reghin (28 km (17 mi) to the southeast, in Mureș County) to Bistrița.

At the 2021 census, Teaca had a population of 4,991; of those, 60.25% were Romanians, 26.21% Roma, and 5.95% Hungarians.^[3]

References

^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
^ Tekendorf in Nordsiebenbürgen : Ortsmonographie; Ilse Schliessleder-Fronius, 1989
^ "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.