Bistriţa-Năsăud County

Bistrița-Năsăud is a county of Romania, in Transylvania, with the capital city at Bistrița. In Hungarian, it is known as Beszterce-Naszód, and in German as Kreis Bistrița-Năsăud. During Austro-Hungarian administration, from 1876 to to 1918, there was a county with similar name . In October 31, 2011, it had a population of 277,861 and the population density was 51/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. 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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