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Bistrița-Năsăud County

Județul Bistrița-Năsăud
County
Colibița Lake, Bistrița-Năsăud County
Colibița Lake, Bistrița-Năsăud County
Coat of arms of Bistrița-Năsăud County
Coat of arms
Location of Bistrița-Năsăud County in Romania
Location of Bistrița-Năsăud County in Romania
Country  Romania
Development region1 Nord-Vest
Historic region Transylvania
Capital city (Reședință de județ) Bistrița
Government
 • Type County Board
Area
 • Total 5,355 km2 (2,068 sq mi)
Area rank 26th in Romania
Population
 (1st of December 2021)
 • Total 295,988
 • Rank 32nd in Romania
 • Density 55.273/km2 (143.157/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
42wxyz3
Area code(s) +40 x634
Car Plates BN5
GDP US$1.868 billion (2015)
GDP per capita US$6,723 (2015)
Website County Council
County Prefecture
1The developing regions of Romania have no administrative role, but were formed in order to manage funds from the European Union
2 as of 2007, Romanian prefects are not politicians, but public functionaries. They are not allowed political party membership, and are banned from political activity for six months after resigning (or being excluded) from the public functionaries' corps.
3w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address
4x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks
5used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits (like utility vehicles, ATVs, etc.), and the ones used outside the county

Bistrița-Năsăud (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈbistrit͡sa nəsəˈud]) 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 the county created in 1876, Beszterce-Naszód County (Romanian: Comitatul Bistriţa-Năsăud) in the Kingdom of Hungary (the county was recreated in 1940 after the Second Vienna Award, as it became part of Hungary again). Except these, as part of Romania, until 1925 the former administrative organizations were kept when a new county system was introduced. Between 1925–1940 and 1945–1950, most of its territory belonged to the Năsăud County, with smaller parts belonging to the Mureș, Cluj, and Someș counties.

Geography

Romanian Counties
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The county has a total area of 5,355 km2 (2,068 sq mi). One third of this surface represents the mountains from the Eastern Carpathians group: the Țibleș, Rodna, Bârgău and Călimani Mountains. The rest of the surface represents the North-East side of the Transylvanian Plateau.

The main river crossing the county is the Someșul Mare. On the Bistrița River there is a big dam and a lake.

Neighbours

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, the county had a population of 295,988 and the population density was 55.3/km2 (143/sq mi).



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Ethnic composition of Bistrița-Năsăud County (2021)      Romanians (91.63%)     Romani (4.11%)     Hungarians (4.08%)     Germans (Transylvanian Saxons) (0.10%)     Others (0.18%)


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Religious composition of Bistrița-Năsăud County (2021)      Romanian Orthodox (82.45%)     Pentecostals (9.04%)     Reformed (3.50%)     Greek Catholics (1.58%)     Roman Catholics (0.88%)     Baptists (0.68%)     Others (1.44%)     Irreligious,atheist and agnostic (0.42%)

Year County population
1948 233,650 Steady
1956 255,789 Increase
1966 269,954 Increase
1977 286,628 Increase
1992 327,238 Increase
2002 311,657 Decrease
2011 277,861 Decrease
2021 295,988 Increase

Politics

The Bistrița-Năsăud County Council, renewed at the 2020 local elections, consists of 30 counsellors, with the following party composition:

    Party Seats Current County Council
  Social Democratic Party (PSD) 14                            
  National Liberal Party (PNL) 12                            
  People's Movement Party (PMP) 4                            

Administrative divisions

Biserica evanghelică.C.A
Bistrița (German: Bistritz/Nösen)
Church in Beclean
Beclean
RO BN Nasaud 2016 (11)
Entrance from the west, in Năsăud
RO BN Sangeorz Bai 2018 (3)
Sângeorz-Băi

Bistrița-Năsăud County has 1 municipality, 3 towns and 58 communes.

  • Municipalities
    • Bistrița – capital city; 70,493 (as of 2011)
  • Towns
    • Beclean
    • Năsăud
    • Sângeorz-Băi
  • Communes
    • Bistrița Bârgăului
    • Braniștea
    • Budacu de Jos
    • Budești
    • Căianu Mic
    • Cetate
    • Chiochiș
    • Chiuza
    • Ciceu-Giurgești
    • Ciceu-Mihăiești
    • Coșbuc
    • Dumitra
    • Dumitrița
    • Feldru
    • Galații Bistriței
    • Ilva Mare
    • Ilva Mică
    • Josenii Bârgăului
    • Leșu
    • Lechința
    • Livezile
    • Lunca Ilvei
    • Maieru
    • Matei
    • Măgura Ilvei
    • Mărișelu
    • Miceștii de Câmpie
    • Milaș
    • Monor
    • Negrilești
    • Nimigea
    • Nușeni
    • Parva
    • Petru Rareș
    • Poiana Ilvei
    • Prundu Bârgăului
    • Rebra
    • Rebrișoara
    • Rodna
    • Romuli
    • Runcu Salvei
    • Salva
    • Sânmihaiu de Câmpie
    • Șieu
    • Șieu-Odorhei
    • Șieu-Măgheruș
    • Șieuț
    • Șintereag
    • Silivașu de Câmpie
    • Spermezeu
    • Șanț
    • Târlișua
    • Teaca
    • Telciu
    • Tiha Bârgăului
    • Uriu
    • Urmeniș
    • Zagra

People

Natives of the county include:

  • George Coșbuc
  • Liviu Rebreanu
  • Andrei Mureșanu

See also

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