Bistrița
Bistrița is the capital city of Bistrița-Năsăud County, in northern Transylvania, Romania. It is situated on the Bistrița River. The city has a population of 78,877 inhabitants as of 2021 and administers six villages: Ghinda, Sărata, Sigmir, Slătinița, Unirea and Viișoara.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: City with 75,100 residents
- Description: capital of Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania
- Also known as: “Alsobudak”, “Besztec”, “Beszterce”, “Besztercze”, “Bistrita”, “Bistriţa”, “Bistrits”, “Bistritz”, “Bystrzyca”, “Nosen”, and “Nösen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jean Pădureanu Stadium and Saint Nicholas church in Viișoara.
Jean Pădureanu Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Rad Urs, Public domain.
The Jean Pădureanu Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bistrița, Romania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud, considered the unofficial successor of ACF Gloria Bistrița.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Unirea and Viișoara.
Bistrița
- Categories: municipality of Romania, capital of county in Romania, and locality
- Location: Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
47.1327° or 47° 7′ 58″ northLongitude
24.4964° or 24° 29′ 47″ eastPopulation
75,100Elevation
362 metres (1,188 feet)IATA airport code
QBYUnited Nations Location Code
RO BITOpen location code
8GV64FMW+3HOpenStreetMap ID
node 128561166OpenStreetMap feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
684657Wikidata ID
Q187205
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yiddish—“Bistrița” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Bistriţa”
- Achinese: “Bistrița”
- Arabic: “بستيريا”
- Arabic: “بيستريتسا”
- Armenian: “Բիստրիցա”
- Azerbaijani: “Bistritsa”
- Basque: “Bistrița”
- Belarusian: “Бістрыца (Румынія)”
- Belarusian: “Бістрыца”
- Bengali: “বিস্ত্রিতা”
- Bulgarian: “Бистрица”
- Catalan: “Bistrita”
- Catalan: “Bistriţa”
- Catalan: “Bistrița”
- Cebuano: “Bistrița”
- Cebuano: “Municipiul Bistrița”
- Chinese: “比斯特里察”
- Croatian: “Bistrița”
- Czech: “Bistriţa”
- Czech: “Bistrița”
- Danish: “Bistrita”
- Danish: “Bistriţa”
- Danish: “Bistrița”
- Dutch: “Beszterce”
- Dutch: “Bistriţa”
- Dutch: “Bistrița”
- Dutch: “Bistritz”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بيستريتسا”
- Esperanto: “Beszterce”
- Esperanto: “Bistrita”
- Esperanto: “Bistriţa”
- Esperanto: “Bistrița”
- Esperanto: “Bistritz”
- Estonian: “Bistrita”
- Estonian: “Bistriţa”
- Estonian: “Bistrița”
- Finnish: “Bistrita”
- Finnish: “Bistriţa”
- Finnish: “Bistrița”
- French: “Bistrita”
- French: “Bistriţa”
- French: “Bistrița”
- French: “Bristritz”
- Georgian: “ბისტრიცა”
- German: “Bistrita”
- German: “Bistrița”
- German: “Bistritz”
- German: “Bistritza”
- German: “Nösen”
- Greek: “Μπίστριτσα”
- Gujarati: “બિસ્ક્રિટા”
- Hebrew: “ביסטריץ”
- Hebrew: “ביסטריצה”
- Hindi: “बिस्तरिता”
- Hungarian: “Beszterce”
- Icelandic: “Bistrița”
- Icelandic: “Bistritz”
- Indonesian: “Beszterce”
- Indonesian: “Bistrita”
- Indonesian: “Bistriţa”
- Indonesian: “Bistrița”
- Indonesian: “Bistritz”
- Interlingue: “Bistriţa”
- Interlingue: “Bistrița”
- Irish: “Bistrița”
- Italian: “Beszterce”
- Italian: “Bistrița”
- Japanese: “ビストリツァ”
- Kannada: “ಬಿಸ್ಟ್ರಿಟ”
- Korean: “비스트리차”
- Latin: “Bistricia”
- Latin: “Bistriţa”
- Latin: “Bystricia”
- Latvian: “Bistrica”
- Limburgan: “Bistrița”
- Lithuanian: “Bistrica”
- Lithuanian: “Bistrita”
- Luxembourgish: “Bistrița”
- Macedonian: “Бистрица”
- Malay: “Bistrita”
- Malay: “Bistrița”
- Marathi: “बिस्ट्रिया”
- Minangkabau: “Bistrița”
- Moksha: “Бистрица”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bistrita”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bistriţa”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bistrița”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Beszterce”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bistrita”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bistrița”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bistritz”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nösen”
- Norwegian: “Bistrița”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Bistrița”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Bistritz”
- Ossetian: “Бистрицæ (Румыни)”
- Ossetian: “Бистрицæ”
- Persian: “بیستریتسا”
- Polish: “Bistriţa”
- Polish: “Bystrzyca”
- Portuguese: “Bistrița”
- Romanian: “Bistriţa”
- Romanian: “Bistrița”
- Russian: “Бистрица”
- Rusyn: “Быстриця (варош)”
- Rusyn: “Быстриця”
- Samogitian: “Bistrėca”
- Scots: “Bistrița”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bistrița”
- Serbian: “Bistrica”
- Serbian: “Бистрица”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bistrița”
- Sinhala: “බ්රිස්ට්රිටා”
- Slovak: “Sedmohradská Bystrica”
- Slovenian: “Bistrica”
- Slovenian: “Bistrița”
- South Azerbaijani: “بیستریتسا”
- Spanish: “Bistrita”
- Spanish: “Bistriţa”
- Spanish: “Bistrița”
- Spanish: “Bistritz”
- Swedish: “Beszterce”
- Swedish: “Bistrita”
- Swedish: “Bistriţa”
- Swedish: “Bistrița”
- Swedish: “Bistritz”
- Tajik: “Bistritsa”
- Tajik: “Бистритса”
- Tamil: “பிஸ்ட்ரிடா”
- Tatar: “Бистрица”
- Telugu: “బిస్తారిత”
- Thai: “บิสตริตซา”
- Turkish: “Besterce”
- Turkish: “Bistrita”
- Turkish: “Bistriţa”
- Turkish: “Bistrița”
- Ukrainian: “Бистриця”
- Ukrainian: “Бістріца”
- Upper Sorbian: “Bistrița”
- Urdu: “بیستریتسا”
- Vietnamese: “Bistrita”
- Vietnamese: “Bistrița”
- Vlax Romani: “Bistrița”
- Walloon: “Bistriţa”
- Walloon: “Bistrița”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bistrița”
- Welsh: “Bistrița”
- Western Panjabi: “بستریتسا”
- Wu Chinese: “比斯特里察”
- Yiddish: “Bistrits”
- Yiddish: “ביסטריץ”
- “Bistrėca”
- “Bistrița”
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