Bistra (Alba)

Bistra
Bisztra

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Alba

Coordinates :

46 ° 23 ' N , 23 ° 6' E Coordinates: 46 ° 22 '37 " N , 23 ° 6' 6" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

550 m

Area :

118.38 km²

Residents :

4,540 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

38 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

RO-517115

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 58

License plate :

FROM

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Bistra, Aroneşti , Băleşti , Băleşti-Catun , Bârleşti , Cheleteni , Ciuldeşti , Creţeşti , Dâmbureni , Dealu Muntelui , Durăşti , Ganesti , Guard , Hodişeşti , Hudriceşti , Lipaia , Lunca Larga , Lunca Merilor , MIHAIESTI , Namas , Novăceşti , Perjeşti , Poiana , Rătitiş , Runcuri , Sălăgeşti , Ștefanca , Țărăneşti , Trişoreşti , Vârşi-Rontu , Vârşii Mari , Vârşii Mici

Mayor :

Traian Gligor ( PNL )

Postal address :

St. Calea Turzii, no. 100
loc. Bistra, jud. Alba, RO-517115

Website :

www.bistra.ro

Bistra ( German Bistrau , Hungarian Bisztra ) is a Romanian municipality in the Alba district in Transylvania .

location

Location of the municipality of Bistra in the Alba district

The village of Bistra is located in the northwest of the Alba district, 5 kilometers east of the city of Câmpeni in the valley of the Arieş on Drum național 75 (Câmpeni– Turda , Kr. Cluj ). 85 kilometers from the district capital Alba Iulia , many of the 34 settlements belonging to the municipality extend on the hills and mountainsides of the surrounding Apuseni Mountains . The community area is 11,838 hectares. Bistra is part of the historic Motzenland .

history

The history of settlement in the region goes back to the late Stone Age . Since the 3rd century BC Were already mined here for gold and silver, which intensified during the time of the Roman occupation. The Romans had a road built from Apulum (today Alba Iulia) into the important gold mining area of Alburnus Maior (today Roșia Montană ), which led through today's town of Bistra. The village was first mentioned in documents in 1437 under kenezius de Byzere . The place name - which is presumably of Slavic origin - is attested to at the beginning of the 14th century. In the 15th century the place belonged to the Bishop of Weißenburg , after the Reformation it belonged to the estate of the place Câmpeni. Today the residents live mainly from cattle breeding, forestry and wood carving.

The narrow-gauge railway Turda-Abrud (93 kilometers), which runs through the town , was put into operation in 1912 and closed in 1998.

population

The population of the entire municipality developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	3,140	3.112	-	4th	24
1900	3,755	3,688	8th	2	57
1930	4,501	4,428	13	5	55
1966	5,576	5,565	7th	-	4th
1977	5,688	5,614	2	2	70
2002	5,066	5,045	-	-	21st

In 2002, 1,955 of the 5,066 inhabitants of the municipality lived in the village of Bistra itself, the remaining approximately 3,000 in the 33 incorporated villages.

Attractions

The Naşterea Maicii Domnului Church , which has been owned by the Romanian Orthodox Church since 1948 , until then belonged to the Romanian Greek Catholic Church .
Monument and plaque for Petru Pavel Aron , (1709–1764) in the center of Bistra. Aron was born in Bistra and was bishop of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church of Blaj and founder of many Romanian schools in Transylvania.
Memorial plaque for Vasile Ladislau-Fodor (1814–1865), colleague of Avram Iancu .
Memorial plaque and bust for the composer Nicodim Ganea (1878–1949).