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Bistriţa
Bistrita-Nasaud County · Romania
City population
78,877
#26
in Romania
#7,311
worldwide
47.133, 24.500 · 325 km from Bucharest
About Bistriţa
Bistriţa is a city in Bistrita-Nasaud County, Romania with a population of 78,877. It is the 26th largest of the 126 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Romania, and the 7,311th largest worldwide. It lies 325 km from Bucharest.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Bistrita-Nasaud County
Elevation
362 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Bucharest
Coordinates
47.133, 24.500
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
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