Teaca

Teaca (Tekendorf, 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, 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 from the county seat, Bistrița, on the border with Mureș County.

Teaca is crossed by national road DN15A (part of European route E578), which joins Reghin (28 km 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.