Bistrița-Năsăud County
Bistrița-Năsăud County
Județul Bistrița-Năsăud | |
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Colibița Lake, Bistrița-Năsăud County | |
Location of Bistrița-Năsăud County in Romania | |
| Country | Romania |
| Development region1 | Nord-Vest |
| Historic region | Transylvania |
| Capital city (Reședință de județ) | Bistrița |
| Government | |
| • Type | County Council |
| • President of the County Council | Emil Radu Moldovan (PSD) |
| • Prefect2 | Teofil-Iulian Cioarbă |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,355 km2 (2,068 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 26th in Romania |
| Population (1st of December 2021) | |
• Total | 295,988 |
| • Rank | 32nd in Romania |
| • Density | 55/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 42wxyz3 |
| Area code | +40 x634 |
| Car Plates | BN5 |
| GDP | US$4.040 billion (2025) |
| GDP per capita | US$13,649 (2025) |
| Website | County Council County Prefecture |
| 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, Romanian prefects are not politicians, but public functionaries. They are not allowed political party membership, and are banned from political activity for 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 | |
Bistrița-Năsăud (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈbistrit͡sa nəsəˈud] ⓘ) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Bistrița.