Bistrița-Năsăud County

{{Short description|County of Romania}}

{{more citations needed|date=September 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Bistrița-Năsăud County

| native_name = Județul Bistrița-Năsăud

| settlement_type = County

| image_skyline = Cobilița Lake, Bistrița-Năsăud.jpg

| image_caption = Colibița Lake, Bistrița-Năsăud County

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| image_shield = Stema Bistrita-Nasaud.svg

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| image_map = Bistrita-Nasaud in Romania.svg

| map_caption = Location of Bistrița-Năsăud County in Romania

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{ROU}}

| subdivision_type1 = Development region¹

| subdivision_name1 = Nord-Vest

| subdivision_type2 = Historic region

| subdivision_name2 = Transylvania

| subdivision_type3 = Capital city (Reședință de județ)

| subdivision_name3 = Bistrița

| government_footnotes =

| government_type = County Council

| leader_title = President of the County Council

| leader_party = PSD

| leader_name = {{ill|Emil Radu Moldovan|ro}}

| leader_title1 = Prefect²

| leader_name1 = {{ill|Teofil-Iulian Cioarbă|ro}}

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| area_total_km2 = 5355

| area_rank = 26th in Romania

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| population_as_of = 1st of December 2021

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 295988

| population_rank = 32nd in Romania

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| timezone = EET

| utc_offset = +2

| timezone_DST = EEST

| utc_offset_DST = +3

| postal_code_type = Postal Code

| postal_code = 42wxyz³

| area_code = +40 x63⁴

| blank_name = Car Plates

| blank_info = BN⁵

| blank1_name = GDP

| blank1_info = US$4.040 billion (2025)

| blank2_name = GDP per capita

| blank2_info = US$13,649 (2025)

| footnotes = ¹The developing regions of Romania have no administrative role, but were formed in order to manage funds from the European Union
² as of 2007, Romanian prefects are not politicians, but public functionaries. They are not allowed political party membership, and are banned from political activity for six months after resigning (or being excluded) from the public functionaries' corps.
³w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address
⁴x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks
⁵used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits (like utility vehicles, ATVs, etc.), and the ones used outside the county

| website = [https://www.portalbn.ro/ County Council]
[https://bn.prefectura.mai.gov.ro/ County Prefecture]

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Bistrița-Năsăud ({{IPA|ro|ˈbistrit͡sa nəsəˈud|-|Ro-Bistrița Năsăud.ogg}}) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Bistrița.