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| Bistriţa-Năsăud |
| — County (Judeţ) — |
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Colibiţa Lake, Bistriţa-Năsăud |
Coat of arms |
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| Country |
 Romania |
| Development region1 |
Nord-Vest |
| Historic region |
Transylvania |
| Capital city (Resedinţă de judeţ) |
Bistriţa |
| Government |
| - Type |
County Board |
| - President of the County Board |
Liviu Rusu |
| - Prefect2 |
Ioan Szilagyi |
| Area |
| - Total |
5,355 km2 (2,067.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2002) |
| - Total |
311,657 |
| - Density |
58/km2 (150.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone |
EET (UTC+2) |
| - Summer (DST) |
EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal Code |
42wxyz3 |
| Area code(s) |
+40 x634 |
| Car Plates |
BN5 |
| GDP |
US$ 2.31 billion (2008) |
| GDP/capita |
US$ 7,391 (2008) |
| Website |
County Board
County Prefecture |
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 |
Bistriţa-Năsăud (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈbistrit͡sa nəsəˈud]; Hungarian: Beszterce-Naszód) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with the capital city at Bistriţa.
Demographics
In 2002, it had a population of 311,657 and the population density was 58/km².
There was also a German minority, which, due to migration, decreased.
| Year |
County population2 |
| 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 Ţibleş, Rodna, Suhard, 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 Someşul Mare River River. On the Bistriţa River there is a big dam and a lake.
Neighbours
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Administrative divisions
Bistriţa-Năsăud County has 1 municipality, 3 towns and 58 communes.
Municipalities
- Bistriţa – capital city; 81,467 (as of 2002)
Towns
Communes
References
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