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%;

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