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County in Nord-Vest, Romania
Bistrița-Năsăud County Județul Bistrița-Năsăud
County
Colibița Lake, Bistrița-Năsăud CountyColibița Lake, Bistrița-Năsăud County
Coat of arms of Bistrița-Năsăud CountyCoat of arms
Location of Bistrița-Năsăud County in RomaniaLocation of Bistrița-Năsăud County in Romania
Country Romania
Development regionNord-Vest
Historic regionTransylvania
Capital city (Reședință de județ)Bistrița
Government
 • TypeCounty Board
 • President of the County CouncilEmil Radu Moldovan
 • PrefectNastasia Bob
Area
 • Total5,355 km (2,068 sq mi)
 • Rank26th in Romania
Population
 • Total295,988
 • Rank32nd in Romania
 • Density55/km (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code42wxyz
Area code+40 x63
Car PlatesBN
GDPUS$1.868 billion (2015)
GDP per capitaUS$6,723 (2015)
WebsiteCounty Council
County Prefecture
The developing regions of Romania have no administrative role, but were formed in order to manage funds from the European Union
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.
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

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 (Template:Lang-ro) 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

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The county has a total area of 5,355 km (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/km (143.2/sq mi).

83.1% of inhabitants were Romanian Orthodox, 6.3% Pentecostal, 4.6% Reformed, 2.3% Greek-Catholic, 1.2% Roman Catholic, 0.8% Baptist, 0.7% belonged to "another religion", 0.5% Seventh-day Adventist, and 0.5% other or none.

Ethnic composition of Bistrița-Năsăud County (2021)

  Romanians (91.63%)  Romani (4.11%)  Hungarians (4.08%)  Germans (Transylvanian Saxons) (0.10%)  Others (0.18%)
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

Bistrița (Template:Lang-de)
Beclean
Entrance from the west, in Năsăud
Sângeorz-Băi

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

People

Natives of the county include:

See also

References

  1. "Rezultate definitive: Caracteristici etno-culturale demografice". Recensamantromania.ro. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  2. "Populația la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992, 2002 și 2011" (PDF) (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2006. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  3. "Rezultatele finale ale alegerilor locale din 2020" (Json) (in Romanian). Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania
Cities Coat of arms of Bistrița-Năsăud County
Towns
Communes
Counties (județe) of Romania

47°08′20″N 24°30′01″E / 47.1389°N 24.5003°E / 47.1389; 24.5003

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