Bistrița-Năsăud County

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Bistrița-Năsăud (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Bistrița.

Name

In Hungarian, it is known as Beszterce-Naszód megye, and in German as Kreis Bistritz-Nassod. The name is identical with the county created in 1876, Beszterce-Naszód County (Template:Langx) in the Kingdom of Hungary (the county was recreated in 1940 after the Second Vienna Award, as it became part of Hungary again until 1944). Except these, as part of Romania, until 1925 the former administrative organizations were kept when a new county system was introduced. Between 1925–1940 and 1945–1950, most of its territory belonged to the Năsăud County, with smaller parts belonging to the Mureș, Cluj, and Someș counties.

Geography

Template:Romanian counties map The county has a total area of Template:Cvt. One third of this surface represents the mountains from the Eastern Carpathians group: the Țibleș, Rodna, Bârgău, and Călimani Mountains. The rest of the territory represents the North-East side of the Transylvanian Plateau.

The main river crossing the county is the Someșul Mare. On the Bistrița River there is a big dam and a lake.

Neighbours

Suceava County in the East.
Cluj County in the West.
Maramureș County in the North.
Mureș County in the South.

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, the county had a population of 295,988 and the population density was Template:Pop density.^[1]

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Year	County population^[2]
1948	233,650 Steady
1956	255,789 Increase
1966	269,954 Increase
1977	286,628 Increase
1992	327,238 Increase
2002	311,657 Decrease
2011	277,861 Decrease
2021	295,988 Increase

Politics

The Bistrița-Năsăud County Council, renewed at the 2020 local elections, consists of 30 counsellors, with the following party composition:^[3]

	Party	Seats	Current County Council
Template:Party color cell	Social Democratic Party (PSD)	14	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell
Template:Party color cell	National Liberal Party (PNL)	12	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell
Template:Party color cell	People's Movement Party (PMP)	4	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell