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Beszterce Naszód County

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Capital
  
Beszterce

1910
  
4,333 km (1,673 sq mi)

Today part of
  
Romania

Established
  
1876

1910
  
127,800

Beszterce-Naszód County

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).

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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. In 1940 by the Second Vienna Award it was returned to Hungary and was occupied until 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:

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:

    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:

    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:

    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:

    References

    Beszterce-Naszód County Wikipedia
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