Ilva Mică () 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 ...
,
Transylvania
Transylvania ( or ; ; or ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjen'') is a List of historical regions of Central Europe, historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and ...
,
Romania
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. It is composed of a single village, Ilva Mică.
The commune is situated in the western foothills of the
Bârgău Mountains, at an altitude of , on the banks of the river
Someșul Mare
The Someșul Mare (''Great Someș'', Hungarian: ''Nagy-Szamos'') is a river in north-western Romania
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and its left tributary, the
Ilva. It is located in the central part of Bistrița-Năsăud County, east of
Năsăud and northeast of the county seat,
Bistrița
(; , archaic , Transylvanian Saxon: , ) is the capital city of Bistrița-Năsăud County, in northern Transylvania, Romania. It is situated on the Bistrița River. The city has a population of 78,877 inhabitants as of 2021 and administers s ...
.
Ilva Mică is crossed by the
national road
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, which starts in
Beclean, to the southwest, crosses the
Carpathian Mountains
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through the , and ends in
Fluturica,
Suceava County
Suceava County () is a county (') of Romania. Most of its territory lies in the southern part of the Historical regions of Romania, historical region of Bukovina, while the remainder forms part of Western Moldavia proper. The county seat and the ...
, to the northeast. The Ilva Mică train station is the terminus of two
Căile Ferate Române
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railways:
Line 401, which starts in
Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...
, to the southwest, and the
mountain railway
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Line 502, which starts in
Suceava
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, to the east.
At the
2021 census, the commune had a population of 3,164, of which 95.73% were
Romanians
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.
References
Communes in Bistrița-Năsăud County
Localities in Transylvania
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