Năsăud County is one of the historic counties of

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. The county seat was

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 ...

Geography

Năsăud County was located in the north-central part of

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, in the north of

, covering . Currently, the territory that comprised Năsăud County is mostly included in the

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 ...

, while its eastern part belongs now to

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. In the

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, the county was bordered on the south by

Mureș County Mureș County (, , ) is a county (''județ'') of Romania, in the Historical regions of Romania, historical region of Transylvania, with the administrative centre in Târgu Mureș. The county was established in 1968, after the administrative reor ...

and a small part of

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, to the west by Someș County, to the north by

Maramureș County Maramureș County () is a county (județ) in Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian it is known as ''Máramaros megye'', in Ukrainian language, Ukrainian as Мараморо́щ ...

, and to the east by the counties of

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and Neamț.

History

The territory of Năsăud County was ceded to Romania by

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, as successor state to

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in the

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(1920). Prior to then, the territory formed

Beszterce-Naszód County Beszterce-Naszód was an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in northern Romania (north-eastern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Beszterce (now Bistrița). ...

in the

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. Romanian authorities established the county in 1925. In 1938, the county was disestablished and incorporated into the newly formed Ținutul Mureș. In September 1940, following the

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, the county was annexed by

and incorporated into a re-formed

until 1944. In 1945, the county was re-established under Romanian rule and it was abolished in 1950 by the

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, becoming part of the .

Administrative organization

Administratively, Năsăud County was originally divided into four districts ('' plăși''): #Plasa Bârgău #Plasa Năsăud #Plasa Rodna #Plasa Șieu Subsequently, the number of districts in the county became six, by setting up two new districts: #Plasa Centrală #Plasa Lechința

Population

According to the 1930 census data, the county population was 144,131, ethnically divided as follows: 71.5% Romanians, 14.4% Germans, 5.2% Hungarians, 4.4% Jews, 4.1% Romanies, as well as other minorities. Categorized by mother tongue, the population spoke Romanian (73.9%), German (14.6%), Hungarian (5.0%), Yiddish (4.1%), as well as other minority languages.Recensământul general al populației României din 29 decemvrie 1930, Vol. II, pag. 304-307 From the religious point of view, the population was 60.2% Greek Catholic, 15.5% Lutheran, 13.8% Eastern Orthodox, 4.4% Jewish, 3.6% Reformed, 2.3% Roman Catholic, as well as other minorities.Recensământul general al populației României din 29 decemvrie 1930, Vol. II, pag. 673-674

Urban population

In 1930, the county's urban population was 17,640, ethnically divided as follows: 48.4% Romanians, 25.8% Germans, 14.7% Jews, 8.3% Hungarians, as well as other minorities. Categorized by mother tongue, the population spoke Romanian (48.5%), German (26.9%), Yiddish (13.9%), Hungarian (9.0%), as well as other minority languages. From the religious point of view, the urban population was composed of 38.7% Greek Catholic, 23.8% Lutheran, 14.9% Jewish, 10.4% Eastern Orthodox, 6.5% Roman Catholic, 5.3% Reformed, as well as other minorities.

References

External links

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