Năsăud County

Năsăud County is one of the historic counties of Transylvania, Romania. The county seat was Bistrița.[1]

Județul Năsăud
County (Județ)
Coat of arms
Country Romania
Historic regionTransylvania
Capital city (Reședință de județ)Bistrița
Established1925
Ceased to existAdministrative reform of 1950
Area
 • Total4,326 km2 (1,670 sq mi)
Population
 (1930)
 • Total144,131
 • Density33/km2 (86/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Geography

Năsăud County was located in the north-central part of Greater Romania, in the north of Transylvania, covering 4,326 km2[1] 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 was bordered on the south by Mureş County and a small part of Cluj County, to the west by Someș County, to the north by Maramureș County, and to the east by the counties of Câmpulung and Neamț.[1]

History

The territory of Năsăud County was ceded to Romania by Hungary, as successor state to Austria-Hungary in the Treaty of Trianon (1920). Prior to then, the territory formed Beszterce-Naszód County in the Kingdom of Hungary. Romanian authorities established the county in 1925.

In 1938, the county was disestablished and incorporated into the newly formed Ținutul Mureș.[2] In September 1940, following the Second Vienna Award, the county was annexed by Hungary and incorporated into a re-formed Beszterce-Naszód County until 1944. In 1945, the county was re-established under the Romanian rule and it was abolished in 1950 later by the Communist regime.[2]

Administrative organization
Map of the Năsăud County as constituted in 1938.

Administratively, Năsăud County was originally divided into four districts (plăși):[1]

  1. Plasa Bârgău
  2. Plasa Năsăud
  3. Plasa Rodna
  4. Plasa Șieu

Subsequently, the number of districts in the county became six, by setting up two new districts:

  1. Plasa Centrală
  2. Plasa Lechința

Population

According to the 1930 census data, the county population was 144,131, ethnically divided as follows: 71.5% Romanians, 14.4% Germans, 5.2% Hungarians, 4.4% Jews, 4.1% Romanies, as well as other minorities. Categorized by mother tongue, the population spoke Romanian (73.9%), German (14.6%), Hungarian (5.0%), Yiddish (4.1%), as well as other minority languages.[3] From the religious point of view, the population was 60.2% Greek Catholic, 15.5% Lutheran, 13.8% Eastern Orthodox, 4.4% Jewish, 3.6% Reformed, 2.3% Roman Catholic, as well as other minorities.[4]

Urban population

In 1930, the county's urban population was 17,640, ethnically divided as follows: 48.4% Romanians, 25.8% Germans, 14.7% Jews, 8.3% Hungarians, as well as other minorities. Categorized by mother tongue, the population spoke Romanian (48.5%), German (26.9%), Yiddish (13.9%), Hungarian (9.0%), as well as other minority languages. From the religious point of view, the urban population was composed of 38.7% Greek Catholic, 23.8% Lutheran, 14.9% Jewish, 10.4% Eastern Orthodox, 6.5% Roman Catholic, 5.3% Reformed, as well as other minorities.


References
  1. "Portretul României interbelice - Județul Năsăud" (in Romanian). memoria.ro. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  2. "Organizarea administrativ-teritorială a României 1864-1989" (in Romanian). bzf.ro. 7 May 2013. Archived from the original on 29 September 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  3. Recensământul general al populației României din 29 decemvrie 1930, Vol. II, pag. 304-307
  4. Recensământul general al populației României din 29 decemvrie 1930, Vol. II, pag. 673-674


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