Beszterce-Naszód County

The county Bistrita - Naszod ( German and county Bistrita - Nassod; Hungarian Beszterce - Naszód Vármegye, Romanian Comitatul Bistrita-Nasaud ) was an administrative unit ( county, county ) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, the area in the northeastern Transylvania is located in Romania.

Location

It bordered on the counties Máramaros, Maros - Torda, Kolozsvár ( Kolozs ) and Szolnok - Doboka and on the northeast by the Austrian crown land Bukovina, as well as a short piece on the southeast by the Kingdom of Romania.

Geography

The entire county is due to its location in the Carpathians very mountainous, through the territory of the Great Somes flows (now Romanian Somes ) with its tributaries. Due to the unfavorable situation in the mountains the land was not very fertile, the inhabitants lived mainly on forestry and mining.

History

The county Bistrita - Naszod arose after the administrative reform in Transylvania in 1876 from the then existing district Bistrita, which has existed since 1861 Naszod District and a small part of the former county Doboka.

After the end of World War I in 1918, the area came as a result of the Treaty of Trianon to Greater Romania and is now in Bistrita-Nasaud circle.

County subdivision

The county was in the early 20th century from the following districts chair (after the name of the administrative headquarters named):

All locations are in today's Romania.

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