Bistrița-Năsăud County
Bistrita-Nasaud [ Bistritsa nəsəud ] is a Romanian county ( Judet ) in Transylvania ( Transylvania ) with the county capital Bistrita (German Bistrita, Hungarian Besztercze ). Its common abbreviation and the license plate number is BN.
The circle Bistrita-Nasaud bordered to the north and northwest by the Maramureş County, on the east by the county of Suceava, in the southeast and south by the county of Mureş and to the west by the Cluj county.
Demography
In 2002, the county 312 325 inhabitants and a population density of 58 inhabitants per km ².
In the 2011 Census the county had Bistrita-Nasaud 286 225 inhabitants thus a population density of 53 inhabitants per km ².
Geography
The county has a total area of 5355 km ², equivalent to 2.25 % of the area of Romania.
Cities and Towns
The circle consists of Bistrita-Nasaud officially 250 villages. Of these, four have the status of a city, 58 to a community. The rest are assigned to administrative cities and towns.