Time zone EET (UTC+2) | Established 1925 | |
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Ceased to exist Administrative reform of 1950 | ||
Năsăud County is one of the historic counties of Transylvania, Romania. The county seat was Bistrița.
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Map of Nasaud, Romania
In 1938, the county was disestablished and incorporated into the newly formed Ținutul Mureș. In September 1940, following the Second Vienna Award, the county was annexed by Hungary and incorporated into the Beszterce-Naszód County until 1944. In 1945, the county was re-established under the Romanian rule and it was abolished 10 years later by the Communist regime.
Geography
Năsăud County covered 4,326 km2 and was located in Transylvania. Currently, the territory that comprised Năsăud County is now mostly included in the Bistrița-Năsăud County, while its eastern part belongs now to Suceava County. In the interwar period, the county neighbored Maramureș County to the north, Câmpulung County to the east, Mureș and Cluj counties to the south, and Someș County to the west.
Administrative organization
Administratively, Năsăud County was divided into six districts (plăși):
- Plasa Bârgău
- Plasa Centrală
- Plasa Lechinţa
- Plasa Năsăud
- Plasa Rodna
- Plasa Şieu