Beszterce-Naszód
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Beszterce-Naszód was the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in northern Romania (north-eastern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Beszterce (now Bistriţa).
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[edit] Geography
Beszterce-Naszód county shared borders with Kingdom of Romania, the Austrian Bukovina, and the Hungarian counties Máramaros, Szolnok-Doboka, Kolozs, Maros-Torda, and Csík. Its area was 4167 km² around 1910.
[edit] History
Beszterce-Naszód county was formed in 1876, when the Transylvanian Saxon district of Beszterce/Bistritz was united with the district of Naszód (since 1861, 1762-1851 military frontier district) and part of Doboka county. In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon assigned the territory of Beszterce-Naszód county to Romania. The territory of the county is now in the (larger) Romanian county Bistriţa-Năsăud.
[edit] Demographics
In 1910, county had a population of 127,843 people. Population by language:
- Romanian = 87,564
- German = 25,609
- Hungarian = 10,737
[edit] Subdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of the county Beszterce-Naszód were:
| Districts (járás) | |
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| District | Capital |
| Besenyő, RO Viişoara | Beszterce, RO Bistriţa |
| Jád, RO Livezile | Beszterce, RO Bistriţa |
| Naszód | Naszód, RO Năsăud |
| Óradna | Óradna, RO Rodna |
| Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) | |
| Beszterce, RO Bistriţa | |
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