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{{Short description|County of Romania}}
{{About||the former county in the Kingdom of Hungary|Bihar County|the Indian State|Bihar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Bihor County
| native_name        = Județul Bihor
| other_name         = Bihar megye
| settlement_type    = [[Counties of Romania|County]]
| image_skyline      = Oradea (Nagyvárad) - piaţa Unirii.JPG
| image_caption      = [[Oradea]], capital of Bihor County
| image_flag         = Flag of Bihor County, Romania.svg
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| image_shield       = Actual_Bihor_county_CoA.svg
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| image_map          = Bihor in Romania.svg
| map_caption        = Location of Bihor County in Romania
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| subdivision_type   = Country
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| subdivision_type1  = Historic region
| subdivision_type2  = Capital city (''Reședință de județ'')
| subdivision_name1  = [[Crișana]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Oradea]]
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| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = County Council
| leader_title       = President of the County Council
| leader_name        = [[Mircea Mălan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cjbihor.ro/conducere/presedinte/|title=Președinte|language=ro|website=www.cjbihor.ro|access-date=April 26, 2025}}</ref>
| leader_title1      = Prefect<sup>2</sup>
| leader_name1       = {{ill|Dumitru Țiplea|ro}}
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| area_rank          = [[List of Romanian counties by area|6th in Romania]]
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| elevation_max_m    = 1,849
| elevation_min_m    = 89
| population_total   = {{Romania metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
| population_as_of   = {{Romania metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
| population_footnotes = {{Romania metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_rank    = [[List of Romanian counties by population|11th in Romania]]
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| postal_code_type   = [[List of postal codes in Romania|Postal Code]]
| postal_code        = 41wxyz<sup>3</sup>
| area_code          = [[Romania telephone area codes|+40 x59]]<sup>4</sup>
| iso_code           = RO-BH
| website            = [http://www.cjbihor.ro County Council]<br />[https://bh.prefectura.mai.gov.ro/ County Prefecture]
| footnotes          = <sup>1</sup>The developing regions of Romania have no administrative role. They were formed to attract funds from the [[European Union]]{{Citation needed|date=November 2007}}<br /><sup>2</sup> as of 2007, the Prefect is not a politician, but a civil servant. He (or she) is not allowed to be a member of a political party, and is banned from any political activity in the first six months after the resignation (or firing) from the civil service<br /><sup>3</sup>w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address<br /><sup>4</sup>x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, [[Romtelecom]], and 3 for the other ground telephone networks<br /><sup>5</sup>used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits (like utility vehicles, [[All-terrain vehicle|ATV]]s, etc.), and the ones used outside the county
| timezone           = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
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| blank1_name        = GDP
| blank1_info        = US$9.400&nbsp;billion (''2025'')
| blank2_name        = [[Lists of countries by GDP per capita|GDP per Capita]]
| blank2_info        = US$17,050 (''2025'')
}}

'''Bihor County''' ({{IPA|ro|biˈhor|-|Ro-Bihor.ogg}}, {{langx|hu|Bihar megye}}) is a county ([[județ]]) in western [[Romania]]. With a total area of {{convert|7544|sqkm|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}, Bihor is Romania's 6th largest county geographically and the main county in the [[historical region]] of [[Crișana]]. Its capital city is [[Oradea]] (Nagyvárad).

==Toponymy==
The origin of the name Bihor is uncertain, except that it likely takes its name from an ancient fortress in the current commune of [[Biharia]]. It possibly came from  ''vihor'', the Serbian and Ukrainian word for "whirlwind" (вихор), or Slavic  ''biela hora'', meaning "white mountain".{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}}  Another theory is that Biharea is of [[Daco-Thracian]] etymology (''bi'' meaning "two" and ''harati'' "take" or "lead"), possibly meaning two possessions of land in the Duchy of [[Menumorut]] (Ménmarót). Another theory is that the name comes from ''bour'', the Romanian term for [[aurochs]] (from the Latin word ''[[bubalus]]''). The animal once inhabited the lands of northwestern Romania. Under this controversial theory, the name changed from ''buar'' to ''buhar'' and to ''Bihar'' and ''Bihor''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Numele Bihorului. Etimologie şi controverse.|url=http://www.oradeamea.com/numele-bihorului-etimologie-si-controverse/|website=Oradea Mea|access-date=21 October 2017|date=23 July 2011}}</ref>

==Coat of arms==
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The coat of arms of Bihor County was adopted in 1998, and is a quarterly shield featuring a castle (for the Castle of Bihar), five wheat stalks with a ribbon,a grape and a scroll with the text of ''[[Deșteaptă-te, române!]]'', covered with a fess featuring three fish. It was subject to redesign in 2013 after it was discovered by a local teacher that the text on the scroll was erroneously written in Greek, rather than Cyrillic (the original alphabet used to write the poem's text) or the Latin alphabet. The county has no significant history with Greece.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Totorean|first1=Adriana|title=Blazon greşit: Stema judeţului Bihor va fi refăcută, deoarece conţine un detaliu penibil|url=http://www.ebihoreanul.ro//stiri/ultima-or-31-6/blazon-gresit-stema-judetului-bihor-va-fi-refacuta-deoarece-contine-un-detaliu-penibil-107750.html|access-date=21 October 2017|work=Ebihoreanul|date=23 April 2013|language=ro}}</ref>

==Geography==
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[[File:RO - Vârful Bihor 1849 m.jpg|thumb|The [[Cucurbăta Mare]], the highest peak in the [[Bihor Mountains]]]] 
This county has a total area of {{convert|7544|sqkm|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}. In the eastern side of the county there are the [[Apuseni Mountains]], with the highest peak being the [[Cucurbăta Mare]] (also known as the Bihor Peak), at {{cvt|1849|m}}. The heights decrease westwards, passing through the hills an ending in the [[Romanian Western Plain]] – the eastern side of the [[Pannonian plain]].

The county is mainly the [[Körös|Criș]] hydrographic basin with the rivers [[Crișul Repede]] (Sebes Körös), [[Crișul Negru]] (Fekete Körös), and [[Barcău]] the main rivers.

===Neighbours===
* [[Sălaj County]] (Szilágy), [[Cluj County]] (Kolozs), and [[Alba County]] (Fehér) in the East.
* Hungary in the West – [[Hajdú-Bihar|Hajdú-Bihar County]] and [[Békés (county)|Békés County]]
* [[Satu Mare County]] (Szatmár) in the North.
* [[Arad County]] in the South.

==History==
Prior to [[World War I]], the territory of the county belonged to [[Austria-Hungary]] and mostly was contained in the [[Bihar County]] of the [[Kingdom of Hungary]]. After the collapse of Austria-Hungary at the end of the war, and the declaration of the [[Union of Transylvania with Romania]], the [[Romanian Land Forces|Romanian Army]] took control of the county in April 1919, during the [[Hungarian–Romanian War]]. The territory of Bihor County was officially transferred to the [[Kingdom of Romania]] from Hungary as successor state to Austria-Hungary in 1920 under the [[Treaty of Trianon]]. After the administrative unification law in 1925, the name of the county remained as it was, but the territory was reorganized.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

In 1938, [[King of Romania|King]] [[Carol II of Romania|Carol II]] promulgated a new [[1938 Constitution of Romania|Constitution]], and subsequently he had the administrative division of the Romanian territory changed. Ten ''ținuturi'' (approximate translation: "lands") were created (by merging the counties) to be ruled by ''rezidenți regali'' (approximate translation: "Royal Residents") &ndash; appointed directly by the king &ndash; instead of the [[Prefect (Romania)|prefects]]. Bihor County became part of [[Ținutul Crișuri]].{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

In August 1940, under the auspices of [[Nazi Germany]], which imposed the [[Second Vienna Award]], [[Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)|Hungary]] retook the territory of [[Northern Transylvania]] (which included part of the county) from Romania. In October 1944, Romanian forces with Soviet assistance recaptured the ceded territory and reintegrated it into Romania. Romanian jurisdiction over the entire county per the Treaty of Trianon was reaffirmed in the [[Paris Peace Treaties, 1947]]. In September 1950, the county was [[Regions of the People's Republic of Romania|disestablished by the communist government of Romania]] and was replaced by the [[Bihor Region]], whose territory comprised an area similar to the old county. Bihor County was re-established in February 1968, when Romania restored the county administrative system.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

==Economy==
Bihor is one of the wealthiest counties in Romania, with a GDP per capita well above the national average. Recently, the economy has been driven by a number of construction projects. Bihor has the lowest unemployment rate in Romania and among the lowest in Europe, with only 2.4% unemployment, compared to Romania's average of 5.1%.

The predominant industries in the county are:
* Textile industry.
* Food and beverages industry.
* Mechanical components industry.
* Metallurgy.

In the west side of the county there are mines for extracting coal and [[bauxite]]. [[Crude oil]] is also extracted.

==Tourism==
The main tourist attractions in the county are:
* The city of [[Oradea]].
* The [[Apuseni Mountains]] (Erdélyi-középhegység):
** The [[Stâna de Vale]] resort and the [[Iad (river)|Iad River]] valley.
** The Caves around [[Padiș]] and on the [[Sighiștel|Sighiștel River]] valley.
** The [[Peștera Urșilor|Bear's Cave]].
* [[Băile Felix]] Resort.

== Demographics ==
According to the [[2021 Romanian census|2021 census]], the county had a population of 551,297 and the [[population density]] was {{Pop density|551297|7544|km2|sqmi|prec=1}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/rezultate-rpl-2021/rezultate-definitive-caracteristici-etno-culturale-demografice/|title=Rezultate definitive: Caracteristici etno-culturale demografice|website=Recensamantromania.ro|access-date=28 July 2023}}</ref> 51.1% of its population lives in urban areas, lower than the Romanian average.<ref name="CJBihorCountyProfile">{{Cite web|title=Profil administrativ-teritorial - Consiliul Județean Bihor|url=https://www.cjbihor.ro/despre-bihor/profil-administrativ-teritorial/|url-status=live|access-date=11 February 2022|website=[[Consiliul Județean Bihor]]|language=ro|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412060312/https://www.cjbihor.ro/despre-bihor/profil-administrativ-teritorial/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 }}</ref>

<div style="float:left">
{{Pie chart
|thumb=left
|caption=Ethnic composition of Bihor County (2021)
|label1=[[Romanians]]|value1=69.03|color1=#8080ff
|label2=[[Hungarians in Romania|Hungarians]]|value4=0.97|color4=#80ffff
|label3=[[Romani people in Romania|Romani]]|value3=7.33|color3=#3fc03f
|label4=[[Slovaks of Romania|Slovaks]] |value2=22.35|color2=#80ff80
|label5=[[Germans of Romania|Germans]] <small>([[Sathmar Swabians]])</small>|value5=0.11|color5=#ff80ff
|label6=Others|value6=0.22|color6=#9f9f9f}}
{{Pie chart
|thumb=right
|caption=Religious composition of Bihor County (2021)
|label1=[[Romanian Orthodox Church|Romanian Orthodox]]|value1=59.29|color1=#8080ff
|label2=[[Reformed Church in Romania|Reformed]]|value2=16.01|color2=#80ff80
|label3=[[Pentecostal Union of Romania|Pentecostals]]|value3=8.16|color3=#3fc03f
|label4=[[Catholic Church in Romania|Roman Catholics]]|value4=8.01|color4=#ffff80
|label5=[[Union of Christian Baptist Churches in Romania|Baptists]]|value5=4.28|color5=#80ffff
|label6=[[Romanian Greek Catholic Church|Greek Catholics]]|value6=1.99|color6=#ff80ff
|label7=Others|value7=1.36|color7=#9f9f9f
|label8=[[Irreligion|Irreligious]], [[Atheism|atheist]] and [[Agnosticism|agnostic]]|value8=0.91|color8=#555555}}
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{| class="wikitable" style="float:right
! Year
! County population<ref>National Institute of Statistics, ''[http://www.insse.ro/rpl2002rezgen/18.pdf "Populația la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992, 2002 și 2011"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060922081325/http://www.insse.ro/rpl2002rezgen/18.pdf |date=22 September 2006 }}''</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=11 February 2022|title=Populația Județului Bihor la 1 Ianuarie 2020|trans-title=Bihor county population as of January 1, 2020|url=https://bihor.insse.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Populatia-BH-la-1-ianuarie-2020.pdf?page=12|url-status=live|website=[[National Institute of Statistics (Romania)]]|language=ro|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211170203/https://bihor.insse.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Populatia-BH-la-1-ianuarie-2020.pdf?page=12 |archive-date=11 February 2022 }}</ref>
|-
! 1948
| 536,323 {{steady}}
|- 
! 1956
| 574,488 {{increase}}
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! 1966
| 586,460 {{increase}}
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! 1977
| 633,094 {{increase}}
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! 1992
| 634,093 {{increase}}
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! 2002
| 600,246 {{decrease}}
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! 2011
| 575,398 {{decrease}}
|-
! 2021
| 551,297 {{decrease}}
|}

== Politics and administration ==
The Bihor County Council is led by Mircea Mălan, who has held office since March 2025, after [[Ilie Bolojan]] became acting [[President of Romania]]. Renewed at the [[2024 Romanian local elections|2024 local elections]], the Bihor County Council consists of 34 counsellors, with the following party composition:<ref>{{Cite web|language=ro|url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/data/json/sicpv/pv/pv_vs_final.json|format=Json|title=Rezultatele finale ale alegerilor locale din 2020|publisher=Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă|access-date=2 November 2020}}</ref>

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! style="background:#ccc" | Party
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! style="background:#ccc" colspan="22" | Current County Council
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| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| [[National Liberal Party (Romania)|National Liberal Party]] (PNL)
| style="text-align: right" | '''22'''
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| {{party color cell|Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania}} &nbsp;
| [[Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania|Democratic Alliance of Hungarians]] (UDMR/RMDSZ)
| style="text-align: right" | '''6'''
| {{party color cell|Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania}} &nbsp;
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| [[Social Democratic Party (Romania)|Social Democratic Party]] (PSD)
| style="text-align: right" | '''6'''
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==Administrative divisions==
{{See also|Oradea metropolitan area}}

[[File:Piata_Unirii_Oradea.jpg|thumb|Oradea]]
[[File:Református templom Margittán.JPG|thumb|Marghita]]
[[File:Csonkatorony Arany Palota.jpg|thumb|Salonta]]
[[File:Beius_centru_din_aer.jpg|thumb|Beiuș]]

Bihor County has four municipalities, six towns, and 91 communes.
'''Municipalities'''
*[[Beiuș]]
*[[Marghita]]
*[[Oradea]] – capital city; 183,105 (as of 2021)
*[[Salonta]]
'''Towns'''
*[[Aleșd]]
*[[Nucet]]
*[[Săcueni]]
*[[Ștei]]
*[[Valea lui Mihai]]
*[[Vașcău]]
'''Communes'''
{{columns-list|colwidth=18em|
*[[Abram, Bihor|Abram]]
*[[Aștileu]]
*[[Aușeu]]
*[[Avram Iancu, Bihor|Avram Iancu]]
*[[Balc, Bihor|Balc]]
*[[Batăr]]
*[[Biharia]]
*[[Boianu Mare]]
*[[Borod, Bihor|Borod]]
*[[Borș, Bihor|Borș]]
*[[Bratca]]
*[[Brusturi, Bihor|Brusturi]]
*[[Budureasa]]
*[[Buduslău]]
*[[Bulz]]
*[[Buntești]]
*[[Căbești]]
*[[Câmpani]]
*[[Căpâlna]]
*[[Cărpinet]]
*[[Cefa]]
*[[Ceica]]
*[[Cetariu]]
*[[Cherechiu]]
*[[Chișlaz]]
*[[Ciumeghiu]]
*[[Cociuba Mare]]
*[[Copăcel]]
*[[Criștioru de Jos]]
*[[Curățele]]
*[[Curtuișeni]]
*[[Derna, Bihor|Derna]]
*[[Diosig]]
*[[Dobrești, Bihor|Dobreşti]]
*[[Drăgănești, Bihor|Drăgănești]]
*[[Drăgești]]
*[[Finiș]]
*[[Gepiu]]
*[[Girișu de Criș]]
*[[Hidişelu de Sus]]
*[[Holod, Bihor|Holod]]
*[[Husasău de Tinca]]
*[[Ineu, Bihor|Ineu]]
*[[Lăzăreni]]
*[[Lazuri de Beiuș]]
*[[Lugașu de Jos]]
*[[Lunca, Bihor|Lunca]]
*[[Mădăras]]
*[[Măgești]]
*[[Nojorid]]
*[[Olcea]]
*[[Oșorhei]]
*[[Paleu]]
*[[Petreu]]
*[[Pietroasa, Bihor|Pietroasa]]
*[[Pocola, Bihor|Pocola]]
*[[Pomezeu]]
*[[Popești, Bihor|Popești]]
*[[Răbăgani]]
*[[Remetea, Bihor|Remetea]]
*[[Rieni]]
*[[Roșia, Bihor|Roșia]]
*[[Roșiori, Bihor|Roșiori]]
*[[Sâmbăta]]
*[[Sâniob]]
*[[Sânnicolau Român]]
*[[Sânmartin, Bihor|Sânmartin]]
*[[Sântandrei]]
*[[Sârbi, Bihor|Sârbi]]
*[[Săcădat]]
*[[Sălacea]]
*[[Sălard]]
*[[Spinuș]]
*[[Suplacu de Barcău]]
*[[Șimian, Bihor|Șimian]]
*[[Șinteu]]
*[[Șoimi]]
*[[Șuncuiuș]]
*[[Tămășeu]]
*[[Tărcaia]]
*[[Tarcea]]
*[[Tăuteu]]
*[[Tileagd]]
*[[Tinca]]
*[[Toboliu]]
*[[Tulca]]
*[[Țețchea]]
*[[Uileacu de Beiuș]]
*[[Vadu Crișului]]
*[[Vârciorog]]
*[[Viișoara, Bihor|Viișoara]]
}}

==Historical county==
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===Administration===
The territory of the county was divided into twelve districts (''[[plasă|plăși]]'')<ref name=Memoria>[http://romaniainterbelica.memoria.ro/judete/bihor/ Portretul României Interbelice – Județul Bihor]</ref>
#Plasa Aleșd (comprising 41 villages, headquartered at [[Aleșd]])
#Plasa Beiuș (comprising 62 villages, headquartered at [[Beiuș]])
#Plasa Beliu (comprising 30 villages, headquartered at [[Beliu]])
#Plasa Ceica (comprising 47 villages, headquartered at [[Ceica]])
#Plasa Centrală (comprising 40 villages, headquartered at [[Oradea]])
#Plasa Marghita (comprising 43 villages, headquartered at [[Marghita]])
#Plasa Salonta (comprising 19 villages, headquartered at [[Salonta]])
#Plasa Săcueni (comprising 11 villages, headquartered at [[Săcueni]])
#Plasa Sălard (comprising 28 villages, headquartered at [[Sălard]])
#Plasa Tileagd (comprising 28 villages, headquartered at [[Tileagd, Bihor|Tileagd]])
#Plasa Tinca (comprising 26 villages, headquartered at [[Tinca]])
#Plasă Vașcău (comprising 44 villages, headquartered at [[Vașcău]])

Within Bihor County there were three urban localities: Oradea (also known as Oradea Mare, the county seat) and urban communes [[Salonta]] and [[Beiuș]].

=== Population ===
According to the 1930 census data, the county population was 510,318, ethnically divided among Romanians (61.6%), Hungarians (30.0%), Jews (4.3%), Czechs and Slovaks (2.2%), as well as other minorities. By language the county was divided among Romanian (61.4%), Hungarian (33.8%), Czech (2.0%), Yiddish (1.5%), as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the population consisted of Eastern Orthodox (49.8%), Reformed (21.0%), Greek Catholics (10.7%), Roman Catholics (10.4%), Jews (5.4%), Baptists (2.2%), as well as other minorities.<ref name=Rec_1930_550>Recensământul general al populației României din 29 decemvrie 1930, Vol. II, pag. 550-556</ref>

==== Urban population ====
The county's urban population consisted of 102,277 inhabitants, 54.8% Hungarians, 26.4% Romanians, 15.4% Jews, 1% Germans, as well as other minorities. As a mother tongue in the urban population, Hungarian (67.9%) predominated, followed by Romanian (24.9%), Yiddish (4.3%), German (1.2%), as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the urban population consisted of 31.5% Reformed, 20.6% Jewish, 19.3% Roman Catholic, 17.5% Eastern Orthodox, 9.1% Greek Catholic, 1.1% Lutheran, as well as other minorities.<ref name = Rec_1930_550 />

[[File:1938 map of interwar county Bihor.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Map of Bihor County as constituted in 1938]]

== References ==
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