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Bihor County (Romanian pronunciation: ⓘ, Hungarian: Bihar megye) is a county in western Romania. With a total area of 7,544 km 2 (2,913 sq mi), Bihor is Romania's 6th largest county geographically and the main county in the historical region of Crișana. Its capital city is Oradea (Nagyvárad).
Graves of 10th-century warriors, buried together with parts of their horses, have been excavated, for instance, at Bihar, Hajdúböszörmény, and Nagyszalonta (now Salonta in Romania). [ 14 ] [ 15 ] According to archaeologist Thomas Nägler , the small number of graves which can be attributed to 10th-century Hungarian warriors shows that few ...
The village is first mentioned in 1067 [citation needed] as Byhor, later as Bychor in 1213 [citation needed], as Bihar in 1332, [citation needed] and again, in 1349 as Byhor. [citation needed] The Gesta Hungarorum, which is believed to have been written around the time of King Béla III of Hungary (1172–1196), [3] mentions that Duke Árpád (born 845) sent envoys to a castle called Bychor ...
Sântandrei (Hungarian: Biharszentandrás) is a commune in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Palota ( Újpalota ) and Sântandrei. References
Tinca (Hungarian: Tenke) is a commune in the south-central part of Bihor County, Crișana, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Belfir (Bélfenyér), Gurbediu (Tenkegörbed), Girișu Negru (Feketegyörös), Râpa (Körösmart), and Tinca.
City Population Metro Country Oradea: 206,614 260,000 Romania Debrecen: 205,084 237,888 Hungary Hajdúböszörmény: 32,228 N/A Hungary Hajdúszoboszló: 23,695 N/A ...
Diosig (Hungarian: Bihardiószeg) is a commune in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania with a population of 6,816 people. It is composed of two villages, Diosig and Ianca ( Jankafalva ). The commune is located in the northwestern part of the county, on the banks of the river Ier .
The foundation of the see around 1020 is ascribed by the historian György Pray to King Stephen I of Hungary; the seat of the diocese, however, was then Byhor (Bihar), whence it was transferred by King Ladislaus I of Hungary to Várad (Oradea) in 1077. The statutes of the chapter of 1370 explicitly attribute the founding of the see to King ...