Beszterce-Naszód County
| Beszterce-Naszód County Comitatul Bistriţa-Năsăud Beszterce-Naszód vármegye Komitat Bistritz-Naszod |
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| County of the Kingdom of Hungary | |||||
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| History | |||||
| • | Established | 1876 | |||
| • | Treaty of Trianon | June 4, 1920 | |||
| Area | |||||
| • | 1910 | 4,333 km2 (1,673 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1910 | 127,800 | |||
| Density | 29.5 /km2 (76.4 /sq mi) | ||||
| Today part of | Romania | ||||
| Bistrița is the current name of the capital. | |||||
Beszterce-Naszód was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in northern Romania (north-eastern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Beszterce (now Bistrița).
Geography
Beszterce-Naszód county shared borders with the Kingdom of Romania, the Austrian Bukovina, and the Hungarian counties Máramaros, Szolnok-Doboka, Kolozs, Maros-Torda, and Csík. Its area was 4167 km² around 1910.
History
Beszterce-Naszód county was formed in 1876, when the Transylvanian Saxon district of Beszterce/Bistritz was united with the district of Naszód (since 1861, 1762–1851 military frontier district) and part of Doboka county. In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon assigned the territory of Beszterce-Naszód county to Romania. It was occupied by Hungary between 1940–1944 during World War II.The territory of the county is now in the (larger) Romanian county Bistrița-Năsăud.
Demographics
In 1900, the county had a population of 119,014 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[1]
Total:
- Romanian: 82,256 (69,1%)
- German: 26,036 (21,9%)
- Hungarian: 8,475 (7,1%)
- Ruthenian: 165 (0,1%)
- Slovak: 128 (0,1%)
- Serbian: 4 (0,0%)
- Croatian: 9 (0,0%)
- Other or unknown: 1,941 (1,6%)
According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[2]
Total:
- Greek Catholic: 66,078 (55,5%)
- Lutheran: 22,874 (19,2%)
- Eastern Orthodox: 15,290 (12,9%)
- Jewish: 6,385 (5,4%)
- Roman Catholic: 4,927 (4,1%)
- Calvinist: 3,349 (2,8%)
- Unitarian: 101 (0,0%)
- Other or unknown: 10 (0,0%)
In 1910, county had a population of 127,843 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[3]
Total:
- Romanian: 87,564 (68,5%)
- German: 25,609 (20,0%)
- Hungarian: 10,737 (8,4%)
- Ruthenian: 213 (0,2%)
- Slovak: 37 (0,0%)
- Croatian: 11 (0,0%)
- Serbian: 6 (0,0%)
- Other or unknown: 3,666 (2,9%)
According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[4]
Total:
- Greek Catholic: 72,494 (56,7%)
- Lutheran: 22,415 (17,5%)
- Eastern Orthodox: 16,615 (13,0%)
- Jewish: 7,254 (5,7%)
- Roman Catholic: 5,083 (4,0%)
- Calvinist: 3,781 (3,0%)
- Unitarianist: 200 (0,1%)
- Other or unknown: 1 (0,0%)
Subdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of the county Beszterce-Naszód were:
| Districts (járás) | |
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| District | Capital |
| Besenyő, RO Viișoara | Beszterce, RO Bistrița |
| Jád, RO Livezile | Beszterce, RO Bistrița |
| Naszód | Naszód, RO Năsăud |
| Óradna | Óradna, RO Rodna |
| Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) | |
| Beszterce, RO Bistrița | |
