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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 .
Harta jud Bihor.svg Module:Location map/data/Romania Bihor is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Bihor County . The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
A total of 41 counties (Romanian: județe), along with the municipality of Bucharest, constitute the official administrative divisions of Romania.They represent the country's NUTS-3 (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics – Level 3) statistical subdivisions within the European Union and each of them serves as the local level of government within its borders.
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It was bordered on the south with the counties of Bihor and Cluj, to the east by Someș County, to the north by Satu Mare County, and to the west with Hungary. The interwar county's territory included the current Sălaj County, the northern part of the current Bihor County and the southwestern part of the current Satu Mare County.
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 ...
Bihor County geography stubs (1 C, 98 P) Pages in category "Geography of Bihor County" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.