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Harta jud Bistrita-Nasaud.svg Module:Location map/data/Romania Bistrița-Năsăud is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Bistrița-Năsăud County .
In Hungarian, it is known as Beszterce-Naszód megye, and in German as Kreis Bistritz-Nassod.The name is identical with the county created in 1876, Beszterce-Naszód County (Romanian: Comitatul Bistrița-Năsăud) in the Kingdom of Hungary (the county was recreated in 1940 after the Second Vienna Award, as it became part of Hungary again until 1944).
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Năsăud County was located in the north-central part of Greater Romania, in the north of Transylvania, covering 4,326 km 2 (1,670 sq mi). [1] Currently, the territory that comprised Năsăud County is mostly included in the Bistrița-Năsăud County, while its eastern part belongs now to Suceava County.
The commune lies on the Transylvanian Plateau, in the Nösnerland historic region of northeastern Transylvania. It is located in the southern part of Bistrița-Năsăud County, at a distance of 27 km (17 mi) from the town of Beclean and 34 km (21 mi) from the county seat, Bistrița; the city of Gherla is 38 km (24 mi) to the west, in Cluj County.
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The name Năsăud is possibly derived from the Slavic nas voda, meaning "near the water" or "our water".Another etymology is from Nußdorf (Nussdorf, "walnut tree village"), the Transylvanian Saxon name of the town during the Middle Ages.
Cetate is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania.It is composed of three villages: Orheiu Bistriței (Hungarian: Óvárhely; German: Burghalle), Petriș (Petres; Petersdorf), and the commune center, Satu Nou (Felsőszászújfalu; Oberneudorf).