Săcueni (Romanian pronunciation:[səkuˈjenʲ];Hungarian:Székelyhíd;German:Zickelhid;Yiddish:סעקלהידSeklhid;Turkish:Sengevi), often spelledSăcuieni, is a town inBihor County,Crișana,Romania. It administers five villages: Cadea (Kágya), Ciocaia (Csokaly), Cubulcut (Érköbölkút), Olosig (Érolaszi), and Sânnicolau de Munte (Hegyközszentmiklós).

Săcueni Székelyhíd
Town
Roman Catholic church in Săcueni
Location within Bihor County
Săcueni Location in Romania
Coordinates:47°21′09″N22°05′29″E / 47.3525°N 22.0914°E /47.3525; 22.0914
Country	Romania
County	Bihor
Government
• Mayor(2020–2024)	Csaba Béres[1] (UDMR)
Area	151.40 km2 (58.46 sq mi)
Elevation	130 m (430 ft)
Population  (2021-12-01)[2]	10,720
• Density	71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	417435
Area code	(+40) 02 59
Vehicle reg.	BH
Website	www.sacueni.ro

Săcueni lies in theWestern Plain [ro], which comprises the Romanian reaches of theGreat Hungarian Plain. It is located around 42 km (26 mi) north-east of the county seat,Oradea, in the proximity of theHungarian border.

The town is crossed bynational roadDN19 [ro] (part ofEuropean route E671), which runs from Oradea toSatu Mare andSighetu Marmației. The 10 km (6.2 mi) long roadDN19D [ro] branches off in the center of the town and leads to the nearby border crossing, from which another road continues toLétavértes inHungary.

The Săcueni railway station serves theCFRLine 402, which connects Oradea toCarei, Satu Mare, andHalmeu.

The first written record of the town's name dates back to 1217. Then its name arose in 1278 asZekulhyd and in 1325 asZekulhyda whose meaning is bridge of Székely in Hungarian, and according to a legend,Székelys were settled down here to guard the bridge ofÉr as early as the 10th century.^{[citation needed]}

In 1417, Hungarian kingSigismund gave Székelyhíd the right of organizing a fair. Soon afterwards, it also got the right that the fair to be weekly scheduled. In 1514, it was occupied byGyörgy Dózsa's army and then in 1661, it was also occupied by theOttoman army. As a condition of the peacetreaty of Vasvár, the town's castle was destroyed in 1665. From 1691 it was part of theHabsburg monarchy up until theAustro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867. Thereafter it became part of theKingdom of Hungary withinAustria-Hungary.

After the collapse of Austria-Hungary at the end ofWorld War I, and the declaration of theUnion of Transylvania with Romania, theRomanian Army took control of the town in the spring of 1919, during theHungarian–Romanian War. Săcueni officially became part of the territory ceded to theKingdom of Romania in June 1920 under the terms of theTreaty of Trianon. After the administrative unification law in 1925, the town became the seat ofplasa Săcueni (comprising 11 villages) inBihor County. In August 1940, under the auspices ofNazi Germany, which imposed theSecond Vienna Award,Hungary retook the territory ofNorthern Transylvania (which included Săcueni) from Romania. Aborder incident occurred at the nearby village ofDiosig on 4 September 1940. Towards the end ofWorld War II, however, the town was taken back from Hungarian and German troops by Romanian andSoviet forces inOctober 1944, during the initial stages of theBattle of Debrecen; it became again part of Romania in March 1945. Following theadministrative reform of 1950, the locality became part of SăcueniRaion withinBihor Region (renamed Oradea Region in 1952 and Crișana Region in 1960). In 1968, the old territorial division intojudețe was reinstituted, and Săcueni became part of Bihor County.

According to the2021 census, Săcueni has a population of 10,720.^[3] At thecensus from 2011, there were 11,113 people living within the town; of those, 77.49% were ethnicHungarians, 15.7% were ethnicRomani, 6.62%Romanians, and 0.17% others.^[4]

• Istvan Javorek (born 1943), United States sports conditioning coach
• Gábor Mihály [hu] (born 1942), Hungarian sculptor
• Mihály Z. Tompa [hu] (born 1949), Romanian and Hungarian writer

• Stubenberg Castle, built in the late 18th century and completed by the beginning of the 19th century.