Bistrița-Năsăud County

Bistrița-Năsăud () 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 ( ro, 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 – 89.9%
* Hungarians – 5.3%
* Roma – 4.3%
* Germans (Transylvanian Saxons) – 0.1%

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.

Geography

The county has a total area of . 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

* Suceava County in the East.
* Cluj County in the West.
* Maramureș County in the North.
* Mureș County in the South.

Politics

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

Administrative divisions

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

*Former Beszterce-Naszód County of the Kingdom of Hungary

References

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Counties of Romania
Geography of Transylvania
1968 establishments in Romania
States and territories established in 1968