| Bistrița-Năsăud | |||
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| — County (Județ) — | |||
| Colibița Lake, Bistrița-Năsăud | |||
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| Bistrița-Năsăud county, territorial location | |||
| Country | Romania | ||
| Development region1 | Nord-Vest | ||
| Historic region | Transylvania | ||
| Capital city (Resedință de județ) | Bistrița | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | County Board | ||
| • President of the County Board | Liviu Rusu | ||
| • Prefect2 | Ioan Szilagyi | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 5,355 km2 (2,067.6 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 26th in Romania | ||
| Population (2002) | |||
| • Total | 311,657 | ||
| • Rank | 35th in Romania | ||
| • Density | 58/km2 (150.2/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal Code | 42wxyz3 | ||
| Area code(s) | +40 x634 | ||
| Car Plates | BN5 | ||
| GDP | US$ 2.31 billion (2008) | ||
| GDP/capita | US$ 7,391 (2008) | ||
| Website | County Board County Prefecture |
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| 1The developing regions of Romania have no administrative role, but were formed in order to manage funds from the European Union 2 as of 2007, the Prefect is not a politician, but a public functionary. He (or she) is not allowed to be a member of a political party, and is banned from having any political activity in the first six months after resigning (or being excluded) from the public functionaries' corps. 3w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address 4x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks 5used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits (like utility vehicles, ATVs, etc.), and the ones used outside the county |
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Bistrița-Năsăud (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈbistrit͡sa nəsəˈud] ( listen); Hungarian: Beszterce-Naszód) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with the capital city at Bistrița.
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In 2002, it had a population of 311,657 and the population density was 58/km².
83.1% of inhabitants were Romanian Orthodox, 6.3% Pentecostal, 4.6% Reformed, 2.3% Greek-Catholic, 1.2% Roman Catholic, 0.8% Baptist, 0.7% belonged to "another religion", 0.5% Seventh-day Adventist and 0.5% other or none.
| Year | County population[2] |
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| 1948 | 233,650 |
| 1956 | 255,789 |
| 1966 | 269,954 |
| 1977 | 286,628 |
| 1992 | 326,820 |
| 2002 | 311,657 |
The county has a total area of 5,355 km². One third of this surface represents the mountains from the Eastern Carpathians group: the Țibleș, 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 Someșul Mare River River. On the Bistrița River there is a big dam and a lake.
Bistriţa-Năsăud County has 1 municipality, 3 towns and 58 communes.
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