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Cetate, Bistrița-Năsăud
Cetate is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Orheiu Bistriței (; ), Petriș (''Petres''; ''Petersdorf''), and the commune center, Satu Nou (''Felsőszászújfalu''; ''Oberneudorf''). It also included three other villages until 2002, when they were split off to form Dumitrița Commune. The commune is located in the central part of the county, east of the county seat, Bistrița. It lies in the historic region of Nösnerland, a region centered between the Bistrița (Someș), Bistrița and Mureș (river), Mureș rivers. Cetate is situated in a hilly area at the eastern edge of the Transylvanian Plateau. To the east of Satu Nou village are the Călimani Mountains, with Vulturul Peak dominating the area at . The route of the Via Transilvanica long-distance trail passes through the villages of Cetate, Petriș and Orheiu Bistriței. See also *Castra of Orheiu Bistriței *Dacian fortress of Monariu References C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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-Nassod''. The name is identical with the county created in 1876, Beszterce-Naszód County () in the Kingdom of Hungary (the county was recreated in 1940 after the Second Vienna Award, as it became part of Hungary again until 1944). 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 County, Mureș, Cluj County, Cluj, and Someș County, Someș counties. Geography The county has a total area of . One third of this surface represents the mountains from the Divisions of the Carpathians, Eastern Carpathians group: the Țibleș Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |