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Bihor County Județul Bihor
County
Coat of arms
Location of Bihor County in Romania
Country	Romania
Historic region	Crișana
Capital city (Reședință de județ)	Oradea
Government
• Type	County Board
• President of the County Board	Sándor Pásztor (UDMR)
• Prefect	Claudiu Pop
Area
• Total	7,544 km (2,913 sq mi)
• Rank	6th in Romania
Highest elevation	1,849 m (6,066 ft)
Lowest elevation	89 m (292 ft)
Population
• Total	575,398
• Rank	11th in Romania
• Density	76/km (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	41wxyz
Area code	+40 x59
ISO 3166 code	RO-BH
Car Plates	BH
GDP	US$ 5.82 billion (2008)
GDP/capita	US$ 9,708 (2008)
GDP/capita at purchasing power parity	US$ 17,152 (2009)
Website	County Board County Prefecture
The developing regions of Romania have no administrative role. They were formed to attract funds from the European Union as of 2007, the Prefect is not a politician, but a civil servant. He (or she) is not allowed to be a member of a political party, and is banned from any political activity in the first six months after the resignation (or firing) from the civil service w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks used 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

Bihor (Romanian pronunciation: [biˈhor] ) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Crișana. Its capital city is Oradea.

Toponymy

The origin of the name Bihor is uncertain, except that it likely takes its name from an ancient fortress in the current commune of Biharia. It possibly came from from the Slavic/Serbian vihor (whirlwind), or Slavic biela hora, meaning "white mountain." Another theory is that Biharea is of Daco-Thracian etymology (bi meaning "two" and harati "take" or "lead"), possibly meaning two possessions of land in the Duchy of Menumorut. Another theory is that the name comes from bour, the Romanian term for aurochs (from the Latin word bubalus). The animal once inhabited the lands of northwestern Romania. Under this theory, the name changed from buar to buhar and to Bihar and Bihor.

Demographics

In 2002, Bihor had a population of 600,246 and the population density was 79.56/km². 48.6% of its population lives in urban areas, lower than the Romanian average.

• Romanians - 67.38%
• Hungarians - 25.96%
• Romani - 5.01%
• Slovaks - 1.22%
• Germans - 0.19%

In October 31, 2011, Bihor had a population of 575,398 and the population density was 72/km (186/sq mi).<

• Romanians – 66.96%
• Hungarians – 25.27%
• Romani – 6.33%
• Slovaks – 1.1%
• Germans – 0.13%

By religion

99.4% of the county's population are Christian and of these:

• Romanian Orthodox – 59.7%
• Reformed – 18.1%;
• Catholic – 11.5% (Roman Catholic – 9.2%; Greek Catholic – 2.3%)
• Pentecostal – 5.7%;
• Baptists – 3.7%;
• Adventist – 0.3%;

Year	County population
1948	536,323
1956	574,488
1966	586,460
1977	633,094
1992	634,093
2002	600,246
2011	575,398

Geography

This county has a total area of 7,544 km (2,913 sq mi). In the East side of the County there are the Apuseni Mountains with heights up to 1,800 m (5,906 ft). The heights decrease westwards, passing through the hills an ending in the Romanian Western Plain – the eastern side of the Pannonian plain.

The county is mainly the Criș hydrographic basine with the rivers Crișul Repede, Crișul Negru and Barcău the main rivers.

Neighbours

• Sălaj County, Cluj County and Alba County in the East.
• Hungary in the West – Hajdú-Bihar County.
• Satu Mare County in the North.
• Arad County in the South.

Economy

Bihor is one of the wealthiest counties in Romania, with a GDP per capita well above the national average. Recently, the economy has been driven by a number of construction projects. Bihor has the lowest unemployment rate in Romania and among the lowest in Europe, with only 2.4% unemployment, compared to Romania's average of 5.1%.

The predominant industries in the county are:

• Textile industry.
• Food and beverages industry.
• Mechanical components industry.
• Metallurgy.

In the west side of the county there are mines for extracting coal and bauxite. Crude oil is also extracted.

Tourism

The main tourist attractions in the county are:

• The city of Oradea.
• The Apuseni Mountains:
  • The Stâna de Vale Resort and the Iada valley.
  • The Caves around Padiș and on the Sighiștel River Valley.
  • The Bear's Cave.
• Băile Felix Resort.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Bihor County was adopted in 1998, and is a quarterly shield featuring a castle (for the Castle of Bihar), five wheat stalks with a ribbon, and a scroll with the text of Deșteaptă-te, române!, covered with a fess featuring three fish. It was subject to redesign in 2013 after it was discovered by a local teacher that the scroll was erroneously written using Greek text, rather than Cyrillic (the original alphabet used to write the poem's text) or the Latin alphabet. The county has no significant history with Greece.

Politics

The Bihor County Council, elected at the 2016 local government elections, is made up of 35 counselors, with the following party composition:

Administrative divisions

Bihor County has four municipalities, six towns and 91 communes.

Municipalities

• Beiuș
• Marghita
• Oradea – capital city; 206,614 (as of 2002)
• Salonta

Towns

• Aleșd
• Nucet
• Săcueni
• Ștei
• Valea lui Mihai
• Vașcău

Communes

References

1. "Population at 20 October 2011" (in Romanian). INSSE. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
2. "Numele Bihorului. Etimologie şi controverse". Oradea Mea. 23 July 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
3. Romanian 2002 Census
4. National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia după etnie" Archived 16 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
5. Recensamantul Populatiei si Locuintelor 2011: Populația stabilă după etnie – județe, municipii, orașe, comune
6. Romania and Bihor County Census, 2002, Template:Hu icon
7. National Institute of Statistics, "Populația la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992, 2002 și 2011" Archived 22 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
8. Totorean, Adriana (23 April 2013). "Blazon greşit: Stema judeţului Bihor va fi refăcută, deoarece conţine un detaliu penibil". Ebihoreanul (in Romanian). Retrieved 21 October 2017.
9. "Mandate de CJ pe judete si competitori" (in Romanian). Biroul Electoral Central. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

v t e Bihor County, Romania
Cities	Oradea (county seat) Beiuș Marghita Salonta
Towns	Aleșd Nucet Săcueni Ștei Valea lui Mihai Vașcău
Communes	Abram Aștileu Aușeu Avram Iancu Balc Batăr Biharia Boianu Mare Borod Borș Bratca Brusturi Budureasa Buduslău Bulz Buntești Căbești Câmpani Căpâlna Cărpinet Cefa Ceica Cetariu Cherechiu Chișlaz Ciumeghiu Cociuba Mare Copăcel Criștioru de Jos Curățele Curtuișeni Derna Diosig Dobrești Drăgănești Drăgești Finiș Gepiu Girișu de Criș Hidișelu de Sus Holod Husasău de Tinca Ineu Lăzăreni Lazuri de Beiuș Lugașu de Jos Lunca Mădăras Măgești Nojorid Olcea Oșorhei Paleu Petreu Pietroasa Pocola Pomezeu Popești Răbăgani Remetea Rieni Roșia Roșiori Săcădat Sălacea Sălard Sâmbăta Sâniob Sânmartin Sânnicolau Român Sântandrei Sârbi Șimian Șinteu Șoimi Spinuș Șuncuiuș Suplacu de Barcău Tămășeu Tărcaia Tarcea Tăuteu Țețchea Tileagd Tinca Toboliu Tulca Uileacu de Beiuș Vadu Crișului Vârciorog Viișoara

v t e Counties (județe) of Romania
Alba Arad Argeș Bacău Bihor Bistrița-Năsăud Botoșani Brașov Brăila Buzău Caraș-Severin Călărași Cluj Constanța Covasna Dâmbovița Dolj Galați Giurgiu Gorj Harghita Hunedoara Ialomița Iași Ilfov Maramureș Mehedinți Mureș Neamț Olt Prahova Satu Mare Sălaj Sibiu Suceava Teleorman Timiș Tulcea Vaslui Vâlcea Vrancea

47°04′20″N 21°55′16″E / 47.0722°N 21.9211°E / 47.0722; 21.9211

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