Bistrița-Năsăud County

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Location of Bistrița-Năsăud County in Romania
Map of Bistrița-Năsăud County
Coat of arms of the Bistrița-Năsăud County
Coat of arms of the Bistrița-Năsăud district, at the time of real socialism

Bistrița-Năsăud [ ˈbistritsa nəsəˈud ] ( pronunciation ? / I ) is a Romanian district (Județ) in Transylvania (Transylvania) with the district capital Bistrița ( German Bistritz , Hungarian Besztercze ). Its common abbreviation and license plate is BN. Audio file / audio sample  

The Bistriţa-Năsăud County borders in the north and north-west to the Maramureş County , in the east of the Suceava County , in the south-east and south of the county Mures and in the west to the Cluj county .

Demographics

In 2002 the district had 312,325 inhabitants and a population density of 58 inhabitants per km².

At the 2011 census, the Bistrița-Năsăud district had 286,225 inhabitants, a population density of 53 inhabitants per km².

geography

The district has a total area of ​​5355 km², which corresponds to 2.25% of the area of ​​Romania.

cities and communes

Status of the localities

The Bistrița-Năsăud district officially consists of 250 localities. Four of them have city status, 58 that of municipality and the rest are administratively assigned to cities and municipalities.

Biggest places

City / municipality Residents
Bistrița ( German Bistritz , Hungarian Besztercze ) 75,076
Beclean (German Betlen, Hungarian Bethlen ) 10,628
Sângeorz-Băi (German Sankt Georgen , Hungarian Oláhszentgyörgy ) 09,679
Năsăud (German Nussdorf , Hungarian Naszód ) 09,587
Feldru (German Felden , Hungarian Földra ) 07,669
Maieru (German Maier , Hungarian major ) 07,089
Telciu ( Ger.Teltsch , Hungarian Telcs ) 05,798
Rodna (German Altrodenau , Hungarian Óradna ) 05,777
Tiha Bârgăului (Hungarian Borgótiha ) 05,722
Lechința (German Lechnitz , Hungarian Szászlekence ) 05,678
Prundu Bârgăului (German Burgau , Hungarian Borgóprund ) 05,633
Teaca (German Tekendorf , Hungarian Teke ) 05,329
(As of October 20, 2011)

See also

Web links

Commons : Bistrița-Năsăud  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)