Bistrița-Năsăud County

¹The developing regions of Romania have no administrative role, but were formed in order to manage funds from the European Union
² as of 2007, the Prefect is not a politician, but a public functionary. He (or she) is not allowed to be a member of a political party, and is banned from having any political activity in the first six months after resigning (or being excluded) from the public functionaries' corps.
³w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address
⁴x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks
⁵used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits (like utility vehicles, ATVs, etc.), and the ones used outside the county

Bistrița-Năsăud (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈbistrit͡sa nəsəˈud]) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with the capital city at Bistrița.

Name

In Hungarian, it is known as Beszterce-Naszód megye, and in German as Kreis Bistritz-Nassod. During the Hungarian administration, from 1876 to 1918 and from 1940 to 1944, there was a county with similar name (see: Beszterce-Naszód County). Between 1925 and 1940 and between 1945 and 1950, most of its territory belonged to the Năsăud County, with smaller parts belonging to the Mureș, Cluj and Someș counties.

Demographics

In October 31, 2011, it had a population of 277,861 and the population density was 51/km².^[1]

Romanians – 89.9%
Hungarians – 5.3%
Roma – 4.3%
Germans – 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.

Year	County population^[2]
1948	233,650
1956	255,789
1966	269,954
1977	286,628
1992	327,238
2002	311,657
2011	277,861

Geography

The county has a total area of 5,355 km². 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 River River. 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, elected at the 2016 local government elections, is made up of 31 counselors, with the following party composition:^[3]

	Party	Seats	Current County Council
	Social Democratic Party	19
	National Liberal Party	9
	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats	3

Administrative divisions

Bistrița

Entrance from the west, in Năsăud

Bistriţa-Năsăud County has 1 municipality, 3 towns and 58 communes.

Municipalities
- Bistrița – capital city; 70,493 (as of 2011)
Towns

People

Natives of the county include:

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bistrița-Năsăud County.

↑ http://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Comunicat_DATE_PROVIZORII_RPL_2011.pdf
↑ National Institute of Statistics, "Populația la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992, 2002 și 2011" Archived 22 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ "Mandate de CJ pe judete si competitori" (in Romanian). Biroul Electoral Central. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

External links

Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania

Cities	Bistrița (county seat)

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 Silivașu de Câmpie Spermezeu Șanț Șieu Șieu-Odorhei Șieu-Măgheruș Șieuț Șintereag Târlișua Teaca Telciu Tiha Bârgăului Uriu Urmeniș Zagra

Counties (județe) of Romania

Alba Arad Argeș Bacău Bihor Bistrița-Năsăud Botoșani Brașov Brăila Buzău Caraș-Severin Călărași Cluj Constanța Covasna Dâmbovița Dolj Galați Giurgiu Gorj Harghita Hunedoara Ialomița Iași Ilfov Maramureș Mehedinți Mureș Neamț Olt Prahova Satu Mare Sălaj Sibiu Suceava Teleorman Timiș Tulcea Vaslui Vâlcea Vrancea

Coordinates: 47°08′20″N 24°30′01″E / 47.1389°N 24.5003°E / 47.1389; 24.5003

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