Bistriţa-Năsăud

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Bistriţa-Năsăud (Template:IPA2; Template:Lang-hu) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with the capital city at Bistriţa.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 2.1 Neighbours 3 Administrative divisions 3.1 Municipalities 3.2 Towns 3.3 Communes 4 References

Demographics

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

• Romanians - 90%<ref>National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia după etnie"</ref>
• Hungarians - 6%
• Romas

There was also a German minority, which, due to migration, decreased.

Year	County population<ref>National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992 şi 2002"</ref>
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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• Suceava County in the East.
• Cluj County in the West.
• Maramureş County in the North.
• Mureş County in the South.

Administrative divisions

The county has 1 municipality, 3 towns and 56 communes.

Municipalities

• Bistriţa

Towns

• Beclean
• Năsăud
• Sângeorz-Băi

Communes

Bistriţa Bârgăului Braniştea Budacu de Jos Budeşti Căianu Mic Cetate Chiochiş Chiuza Ciceu-Giurgeşti Ciceu-Mihăieşti Coşbuc Dumitra Dumitriţa Feldru

Galaţii Bistriţei Ilva Mare Ilva Mică Josenii Bârgăului Leşu Lechinţa Livezile Lunca Ilvei Maieru Matei Măgura Ilvei Mărişelu Miceştii de Câmpie Milaş

Monor Negrileşti Nimigea Nuşeni Parva Petru Rareş Poiana Ilvei Prundu Bârgăului Rebra Rebrişoara Rodna Romuli Runcu Salvei Salva

Sânmihaiu de Câmpie Şieu Şieu-Odorhei Şieu-Măgheruş Şieuţ Şintereag Silivaşu de Câmpie Spermezeu Şanţ Târlişua Teaca Telciu Tiha Bârgăului Uriu

Urmeniş Zagra

References

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