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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type               = commune
|county             = Mureș
|name               = Beica de Jos
|other_name         = 
|image_flag         =
|image_shield       = ROU MS Beica de Jos CoA.jpg
|image_skyline      = Biserica de lemn Nadasa04.jpg
|image_caption      = Wooden church in Nadășa 
|image_location     = 
|image_map          = Beica de Jos jud Mures.png
|map_caption        = Location in Mureș County
|leader_name        = Maria Moldovan<ref>{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |title=Results of the 2020 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=8 July 2021 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|leader_party       = PSD
|leader_term        = 2020&ndash;2024
|coordinates        = {{coord|46|44|N|24|48|E|region:RO|display=it}}
|elevation          = 386
|elevation_min      = 
|elevation_max      = 
|area_total         = 45.69
|population_total   = auto
|population_as_of   = 
|population_footnotes = 
|postal_code        = 547110
|area_code          = (+40) 0265
|website            = {{URL|https://beica.ro}}
}}
'''Beica de Jos''' ({{langx|hu|Alsóbölkény}}, {{IPA|hu|ˈɒlʃoːbølkeːɲ|pron}}) is a [[Commune in Romania|commune]] in [[Mureș County]], [[Transylvania]], [[Romania]]. It is composed of six villages: Beica de Jos, Beica de Sus (''Felsőbölkény''), Căcuciu (''Görgénykakucs''), Nadășa (''Görgénynádas''), Sânmihai de Pădure (''Szentmihály''), and Șerbeni (''Soropháza''). 

The commune is located in the north-central part of the county, on the eastern edge of the [[Transylvanian Plateau]], at the foot of the [[Gurghiu Mountains]]. It lies at a distance of {{cvt|7|km}} from [[Reghin]], {{cvt|34|km}} from [[Sovata]], and {{cvt|40|km}} from the county seat, [[Târgu Mureș]]. The rivers [[Beica (Mureș)|Beica]] and [[Nadășa]] flow through the commune. Its neighbors are the city of [[Reghin]] and the communes [[Petelea]], [[Gurghiu, Mureș|Gurghiu]], [[Chiheru de Jos]], [[Hodoșa]], and [[Gornești]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beica.ro/comuna/situare-geografica|title=Primăria Beica de Jos: Situare geografică|language=ro|website=beica.ro|publisher=Beica de Jos townhall|access-date=July 7, 2021}}</ref>

{{Historical populations
|source = Census data
|1850|2432
|1930|3594
|1956|3750
|2002|2243
|2011|2305
|2021|2459
}}

==See also==
* [[List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureș County)]]
* {{ill|Beica de Jos wooden church|ro|Biserica de lemn din Beica de Jos}}
* {{ill|Nadășa wooden church|ro|Biserica de lemn din Nadășa}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[File:Romania Mures Beica de Jos wooden church 39.jpg|thumb|left|Wooden church in Beica de Jos]]
[[File:RO MS Beica de Jos 2019 (3).jpg|thumb|left|Catholic church in Beica de Jos (1742)]]
[[File:RO MS Beica de Jos 2019 (1).jpg|thumb|left|Catholic church in Beica de Jos (1938)]]

{{Mureș County}}

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[[Category:Communes in Mureș County]]
[[Category:Localities in Transylvania]]
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