Bihor County
Bihor (Romanian pronunciation: [biˈhor]) is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Hungary, in Crișana, with capital city at Oradea. Together with Hajdú-Bihar County in Hungary it constitutes the Biharia Euroregion.
Name
In Hungarian, it is known as Bihar megye ([ˈbihɒr]), in Slovak as Bihor, and in German as Kreis Bihar.
Demographics
In 2002, Bihor had a population of 600,246 and the population density was 79.56/km². 48.6% of its population lives in urban areas, lower than the Romanian average.
Romanians - 67.38%
Hungarians - 25.96%
Romani - 5.01%
Slovaks - 1.22%
Germans - 0.19%
In October 31, 2011, Bihor had a population of 549,752 and the population density was 72/km2 (186/sq mi).<
Romanians – 66.96%
Hungarians – 25.27%
Romani – 6.33%
Slovaks – 1.1%
Germans – 0.13%
By religion
99.4% of the county's population are Christian and of these:
Romanian Orthodox – 59.7%
Reformed – 18.1%;
Catholic – 11.5% (Roman Catholic – 9.2%; Greek Catholic – 2.3%)
Pentecostal – 5.7%;
Baptists – 3.7%;
Adventist – 0.3%;
