Bistrița-Năsăud (ˈbistrit͡sa nəsəˈud; ) is a county (județ

Judet

A județ is an administrative division in Romania, and was also used for some time in Moldova, before that country switched to raions.Județ translates into English as jurisdiction, but is commonly mistranslated as county .The territory of Romania is divided for administrative purposes into 41...

) of Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

, in Transylvania

Transylvania

Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...

, with the capital city at Bistrița

Bistrita

Bistrița is the capital city of Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is situated on the Bistriţa River. The city has a population of approximately 80,000 inhabitants, and it administers six villages: Ghinda, Sărata, Sigmir, Slătiniţa, Unirea and Viişoara.-History:The earliest sign of...

.

Demographics

In 2002, it had a population of 311,657 and the population density was 58/km².

• Romanians
  Romanians
  The Romanians are an ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania....
  
   – 90.3%
• Hungarians – 5.9%
• Roma – 3.6%
• Germans
  Germans
  The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
  
   – 0.2%

83.1% of inhabitants were Romanian Orthodox, 6.3% Pentecostal

Pentecostal Union of Romania

The Pentecostal Union of Romania is Romania's fourth-largest religious body and one of its eighteen officially recognised religious denominations. At the 2002 census, 330,486 Romanians declared themselves to be Pentecostals; ethnically, they were 85.2% Romanians, 10.6% Roma, 1.9% Ukrainians, 1.8%...

, 4.6% Reformed

Reformed Church in Romania

The Reformed Church in Romania is the organization of the Calvinist church in Romania. The majority of its followers are of Hungarian ethnicity and Hungarian is the main church language...

, 2.3% Greek-Catholic

Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic

The Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic is an Eastern Catholic Church which is in full union with the Roman Catholic Church. It is ranked as a Major Archiepiscopal Church and uses the Byzantine liturgical rite in the Romanian language....

, 1.2% Roman Catholic, 0.8% Baptist

Baptist Union of Romania

The Baptist Union of Romania is an alliance of Baptist churches for cooperative ministry in Romania. Since independent churches have no legal standing in Romania, the Baptist Union also provides a mediatorial relationship between churches and government.The first modern-era Baptists in Romania...

, 0.7% belonged to "another religion", 0.5% Seventh-day Adventist

Romanian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

The Romanian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is Romania's eighth-largest religious body. At the 2002 census, 97,041 Romanians declared themselves to be Seventh-Day Adventists; they have over 500 church buildings...

 and 0.5% other or none.

Year	County population
1948	233,650
1956	255,789
1966	269,954
1977	286,628
1992	326,820
2002	311,657

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

Ţibleş Mountains

The Țibleș Mountains are a volcanic mountain range located in northern Romania, part of the Vihorlat-Gutin Area of the Inner Eastern Carpathians....

, Rodna

Rodna Mountains

Rodna Mountains are a subdivision of the Eastern Carpathians in Northern Romania. The name comes from the nearby Rodna Veche village.The Rodna Mountains have one of the longest continuous ridges in Romania, with over 50 km from west to east...

, Suhard, Bârgău

Bârgau Mountains

The Bârgău Mountains are a mountain range in the Carpathian Mountains, part of the Căliman-Harghita Mountains in the Bistriţa-Năsăud County, in the north of Romania.The highest point is Heniu Mare at 1,610.5 meters....

 and Călimani Mountains

Călimani Mountains

The Călimani Mountains or Kelemen-havasok are the largest volcanic complex of the Carpathian Mountains in Transylvania, Romania. Geologically they belong to the Căliman-Harghita Mountains group of the Inner Eastern Carpathians....

. The rest of the surface represents the North-East side of the Transylvanian Plateau

Transylvanian Plateau

The Transylvanian Plateau is a plateau in central Romania.The plateau lies within and takes its name from the historical region of Transylvania, and is almost entirely surrounded by the Eastern, Southern and Romanian Western branches of the Carpathian Mountains...

.

The main river crossing the county is the Someșul Mare River

Somesul Mare River

The Someșul Mare is a river in north-western Romania, originating in the Bistriţa-Năsăud County in the Rodna Mountains at the junction of two headwaters — the Preluci River/Pârâul Mariei) and the Zmeu River. The Someşul Mare flows west through Rodna, Năsăud and Beclean, until it meets the Someșul...

 River. On the Bistrița River there is a big dam and a lake.

Neighbours

• Suceava County
  Suceava County
  Suceava is a county of Romania, in the historical region of Moldavia and few villages in Transylvania, with the capital city at Suceava.- Demographics :...
  
   in the East.
• Cluj County
  Cluj County
  Cluj ; is a county of Romania, in Transylvania, with the capital city at Cluj-Napoca.-Demographics:In 2007, it had a population of 692,316 and a population density of 104/km².*Romanians – 80%*Hungarians – 17.5%*Roma – 2.5%-Geography:...
  
   in the West.
• Maramureș County
  Maramures County
  Maramureș is a county of Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare.- History :* The 10th century frontier county of Borsova was founded by Stephen I of Hungary. Since then Máramaros served as the north-eastern border of the Hungarian Kingdom until 1920, the Trianon Peace...
  
   in the North.
• Mureș County
  Mures County
  Mureș is a county of Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania, with the administrative centre in Târgu Mureș.-Geography:The county has a total area of 6,714 km²....
  
   in the South.

Administrative divisions

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

• Municipalities
  • Bistrița
    Bistrita
    Bistrița is the capital city of Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is situated on the Bistriţa River. The city has a population of approximately 80,000 inhabitants, and it administers six villages: Ghinda, Sărata, Sigmir, Slătiniţa, Unirea and Viişoara.-History:The earliest sign of...
    
     – capital city; 81,467 (as of 2002)
• Towns
  • Beclean
    Beclean
    Beclean is a town in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, in north-eastern Transylvania, Romania. It has an estimated population in 2006 of 10,889 and administers three villages: Coldău, Figa and Rusu de Jos....
    
    
  • Năsăud
    Nasaud
    Năsăud is a town in Bistriţa-Năsăud County in Romania located in the historical region of Transylvania. The town administers two villages, Liviu Rebreanu and Luşca.The name Năsăud is possibly derived from the Slavic nas voda, meaning "near the water"...
    
    
  • Sângeorz-Băi
    Sângeorz-Bai
    Sângeorz-Băi is a well-known spa resort and town in the beautiful mountain region of Bistriţa-Năsăud County in Transylvania, Romania...
    
    

• Communes
  • Bistriţa Bârgăului
    Bistrita Bârgaului
    Bistriţa Bârgăului is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Bistriţa Bârgăului and Colibiţa .-References:...
    
    
  • Braniștea
    Branistea, Bistrita-Nasaud
    Braniştea is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Braniştea, Cireşoaia and Măluţ ....
    
    
  • Budacu de Jos
    Budacu de Jos
    Budacu de Jos is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Budacu de Jos, Buduş, Jelna, Monariu and Simioneşti....
    
    
  • Budești
    Budesti, Bistrita-Nasaud
    Budeşti is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Budeşti, Budeşti-Fânaţe, Ţagu and Ţăgşoru.-References:...
    
    
  • Căianu Mic
    Caianu Mic
    Căianu Mic is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Căianu Mare, Căianu Mic, Ciceu-Poieni and Dobric. It also included two other villages until 2004, when they were transferred to Spermezeu Commune.-References:...
    
    
  • Cetate
    Cetate, Bistrita-Nasaud
    Cetate is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Orheiu Bistriţei, Petriş and Satu Nou . It also included three other villages until 2002, when they were split off to form Dumitriţa Commune....
    
    
  • Chiochiș
    Chiochis
    Chiochiş is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of ten villages: Apatiu , Bozieş , Buza Cătun , Cheţiu , Chiochiş, Jimbor , Manic , Sânnicoară , Strugureni and Ţentea .At the 2002 census, 73.1%...
    
    
  • Chiuza
    Chiuza
    Chiuza is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Chiuza, Mireş, Piatra and Săsarm....
    
    
  • Ciceu-Giurgești
    Ciceu-Giurgesti
    Ciceu-Giurgeşti is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Ciceu-Giurgeşti and Dumbrăveni. It also included three other villages until 2002, when they were split off to form Negrileşti Commune....
    
    
  • Ciceu-Mihăiești
    Ciceu-Mihaiesti
    Ciceu-Mihăieşti is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Ciceu-Corabia , Ciceu-Mihăieşti and Leleşti . These were part of Petru Rareş Commune until 2005, when they were split off....
    
    

• • Coșbuc
    Cosbuc, Bistrita-Nasaud
    Coşbuc is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. Since the village of Bichigiu was transferred to Telciu commune in 2004, Coşbuc remains the commune's only village.The poet George Coşbuc was born here in 1866....
    
    
  • Dumitra
    Dumitra
    Dumitra is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cepari, Dumitra and Tărpiu....
    
    
  • Dumitrița
    Dumitrita
    Dumitriţa is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Budacu de Sus, Dumitriţa and Ragla. These were part of Cetate Commune until 2002, when they were split off....
    
    
  • Feldru
    Feldru
    Feldru is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Feldru and Nepos....
    
    
  • Galații Bistriței
    Galaţii Bistriţei
    Galaţii Bistriţei is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Albeştii Bistriţei, Dipşa, Galaţii Bistriţei, Herina and Tonciu....
    
    
  • Ilva Mare
    Ilva Mare
    Ilva Mare is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Ilva Mare and Ivăneasa....
    
    
  • Ilva Mică
    Ilva Mica
    Ilva Mică is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Ilva Mică....
    
    
  • Josenii Bârgăului
    Josenii Bârgaului
    Josenii Bârgăului is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Josenii Bârgăului, Mijlocenii Bârgăului, Rusu Bârgăului and Strâmba.-References:...
    
    
  • Leșu
    Lesu
    Leşu is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Leşu and Lunca Leşului....
    
    
  • Lechința
    Lechinta
    Lechinţa is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Bungard, Chiraleş, Lechinţa, Sângeorzu Nou, Sâniacob, Ţigău and Vermeş.-References:...
    
    

• • Livezile
    Livezile, Bistrita-Nasaud
    Livezile is a commune located in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Cuşma, Dorolea, Dumbrava, Livezile and Valea Poenii....
    
    
  • Lunca Ilvei
    Lunca Ilvei
    Lunca Ilvei is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Lunca Ilvei....
    
    
  • Maieru
    Maieru
    Maieru is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Anieş and Maieru.- People :* Octavian Utalea...
    
    
  • Matei
    Matei, Bistrita-Nasaud
    Matei is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Bidiu, Corvineşti, Enciu, Fântânele, Matei and Moruţ.-References:...
    
    
  • Măgura Ilvei
    Magura Ilvei
    Măgura Ilvei is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Arşiţa and Măgura Ilvei, and also included Poiana Ilvei village until 2003, when it was split off....
    
    
  • Mărișelu
    Mariselu
    Mărişelu is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Bârla, Domneşti, Jeica, Măgurele, Mărişelu, Neţeni and Sântioana.-References:...
    
    
  • Miceștii de Câmpie
    Micestii de Câmpie
    Miceştii de Câmpie is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Fântâniţa, Miceştii de Câmpie and Visuia.-References:...
    
    
  • Milaș
    Milas
    Milas is an ancient city and the seat of the district of the same name in Muğla Province in southwestern Turkey. The city commands a region with an active economy, and the region is very rich in history and its remains, the whole territory of Milas district containing a remarkable twenty-seven...
    
    
  • Monor
    Monor, Bistrita-Nasaud
    Monor is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Gledin and Monor....
    
    
  • Negrilești
    Negrilesti, Bistrita-Nasaud
    Negrileşti is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Breaza, Negrileşti and Purcărete. These belonged to Ciceu-Giurgeşti Commune until 2002, when they were split off.-References:...
    
    

• • Nimigea
    Nimigea
    Nimigea is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania, with 5,324 residents. It is composed of eight villages: Floreşti, Mintiu, Mititei, Mocod, Mogoşeni, Nimigea de Jos , Nimigea de Sus and Tăure....
    
    
  • Nuşeni
    Nuseni
    Nuşeni is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Beudiu, Dumbrava, Feleac, Malin, Nuşeni, Rusu de Sus and Viţa....
    
    
  • Parva
  • Petru Rareş
    Petru Rares, Bistrita-Nasaud
    Petru Rareş is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Baţa and Reteag . It also included Ciceu-Mihăieşti, Ciceu-Corabia and Leleşti villages until 2005, when these were split off to form Ciceu-Mihăieşti Commune....
    
    
  • Poiana Ilvei
    Poiana Ilvei
    Poiana Ilvei is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Poiana Ilvei, part of Măgura Ilvei Commune until 2003, when it was split off....
    
    
  • Prundu Bârgăului
    Prundu Bârgaului
    Prundu Bârgăului is a commune in the county of Bistriţa-Năsăud in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Prundu Bârgăului and Susenii Bârgăului.-External links:*...
    
    
  • Rebra
    Rebra
    Rebra is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Rebra....
    
    
  • Rebrişoara
    Rebrisoara
    Rebrişoara is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Gersa I, Gersa II, Poderei and Rebrişoara....
    
    
  • Rodna
    Rodna
    Rodna is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Rodna and Valea Vinului.During the Late Middle Ages, the Transylvanian Saxon-inhabited commune was sacked by the Mongols during their invasion of the Kingdom of Hungary....
    
    
  • Romuli
    Romuli
    Romuli is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Dealu Ştefăniţei and Romuli.-External links:...
    
    

• • Runcu Salvei
    Runcu Salvei
    Runcu Salvei is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Runcu Salvei, and was part of Salva Commune until 2005, when it was split off....
    
    
  • Salva
    Salva, Bistrita-Nasaud
    Salva is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Salva, and included Runcu Salvei village until it was split off to form a separate commune in 2005....
    
    
  • Sânmihaiu de Câmpie
    Sânmihaiu de Câmpie
    Sânmihaiu de Câmpie is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Brăteni , La Curte , Sălcuţa , Sânmihaiu de Câmpie, Stupini and Zoreni ....
    
    
  • Şieu
    Sieu, Bistrita-Nasaud
    Şieu is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Ardan, Posmuş, Şieu and Şoimuş.-References:...
    
    
  • Şieu-Odorhei
    Sieu-Odorhei
    Şieu-Odorhei is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Agrişu de Jos, Agrişu de Sus, Bretea, Coasta, Cristur-Şieu, Şieu-Odorhei and Şirioara....
    
    
  • Şieu-Măgheruş
    Sieu-Magherus
    Şieu-Măgheruş is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Arcalia, Chintelnic, Crainimăt, Podirei, Sărăţel, Şieu-Măgheruş and Valea Măgheruşului....
    
    
  • Şieuţ
    Sieut
    Şieuţ is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Lunca , Ruştior , Sebiş and Şieuţ....
    
    
  • Şintereag
    Sintereag
    Şintereag is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Blăjenii de Jos, Blăjenii de Sus, Caila, Cociu, Şieu-Sfântu, Şintereag and Şintereag-Gară....
    
    
  • Silivaşu de Câmpie
    Silivasu de Câmpie
    Silivaşu de Câmpie is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Draga, Fânaţele Silivaşului, Porumbenii and Silivaşu de Câmpie.-References:...
    
    

• • Spermezeu
    Spermezeu
    Spermezeu is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of eight villages: Dobricel, Dumbrăviţa, Hălmăsău, Lunca Borlesei, Păltineasa, Sita, Spermezeu and Şesuri Spermezeu-Vale. Dobricel and Dumbrăviţa were part of Căianu Mic Commune until 2004....
    
    
  • Şanţ
    Sant
    Sant is an Indian term derived from a Sanskrit verb that means both "to be good" and "to be real". From the fifteenth century the term has often referred to those who sing the name of God and worship Him, particularly the bhakti poets of Marathi...
    
    
  • Târlişua
    Târlisua
    Târlişua is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of ten villages: Agrieş, Agrieşel, Borleasa, Cireaşi, Lunca Sătească, Molişet, Oarzina, Răcăteşu, Şendroaia and Târlişua.-Natives:*Liviu Rebreanu , novelist...
    
    
  • Teaca
    Teaca
    Teaca is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Archiud, Budurleni, Ocniţa, Pinticu, Teaca and Viile Tecii....
    
    
  • Telciu
    Telciu
    Telciu is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Bichigiu , Fiad , Telcişor and Telciu.-External links:...
    
    
  • Tiha Bârgăului
    Tiha Bârgaului
    .Tiha Bârgăului is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Ciosa, Mureşenii Bârgăului, Piatra Fântânele, Tiha Bârgăului and Tureac. This is a beautiful city.-References:...
    
    
  • Uriu
    Uriu
    Uriu is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Cristeştii Ciceului, Hăşmaşu Ciceului, Ilişua and Uriu....
    
    
  • Urmeniş
    Urmenis
    Urmeniş is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of ten villages: Câmp, Coşeriu, Delureni , Fânaţe , Podenii , Scoabe, Şopteriu , Urmeniş, Valea and Valea Mare .-References:...
    
    
  • Zagra
    Zagra, Bistrita-Nasaud
    Zagra is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Alunişul, Perişor, Poienile Zagrei, Suplai and Zagra.-References:...
    
    

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