Șintereag ( hu, Somkerék) 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, it is known as ''Beszterce-Naszód megye'', and in German as ''Kreis Bistritz-Nassod''. The name is identical with ...

Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, a ...

. It is composed of seven villages: Blăjenii de Jos (''Alsóbalázsfalva''), Blăjenii de Sus (''Felsőbalázsfalva''), Caila (''Kajla''), Cociu (''Szamoskócs''), Șieu-Sfântu (''Sajószentandrás''), Șintereag and Șintereag-Gară (''Somkeréki állomás'').

Natives

* Grigore Bălan (1896–1944), Brigadier General during World War II *

Nicolae Bălan Nicolae Bălan (; April 27, 1882 – August 6, 1955) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian cleric, a metropolitan bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The son of a priest, he graduated from Czernowitz University and taught theology at Sibiu from ...

(1882–1955), metropolitan bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church

References

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