Chiuza () is a commune in

Bistrița-Năsăud County Bistrița-Năsăud () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Bistrița. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian, it is known as ''Beszterce-Naszód megye'', and in German language, German as ''Kreis Bistritz-N ...

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. It is composed of four villages: Chiuza, Mireș (''Diófás''), Piatra (''Kőfarka''), and Săsarm (''Szészárma''). The commune is situated on the

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, at an altitude of , on the banks of the Someșul Mare River. According to statistics from 1760–1762, Piatra village had 58 families, three priests, and a church.Alexandru Lăpădatu and Ioan Lupaș (eds.), ''Anuarul Institutului de Istorie Națională'', vol. 3, 1924-1925, Cluj: Institutul de Arte Grafice "Ardealul" 1926, p. 657. At the 2021 census, Chiuza commune had a population of 2,067; of those, 93.95% were

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and 1.06%

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Communes in Bistrița-Năsăud County Localities in Transylvania {{BistriţaNăsăud-geo-stub