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25-608: The Moneasa is a river in Bihor County and Arad County , Romania . At its confluence with the river Dezna in the village Dezna , the river Sebiș is formed. Its length is 19 km (12 mi) and its basin size is 81 km (31 sq mi). This article related to a river in Arad County is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bihor County Bihor County ( Romanian pronunciation: [biˈhor] , Hungarian : Bihar megye )

50-576: A principality since 1862, after the creation of the United Principalities , a personal union between Moldavia and Wallachia , at that time vassal states of the Ottoman Empire . Alexander I became domnitor (ruling prince) after the official unification of the two formerly separate states, being elected prince of both states in 1859. He was deposed in 1866 by a broad coalition of the main political parties, after which parliament offered

75-557: 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. 47°04′20″N 21°55′16″E  /  47.0722°N 21.9211°E  / 47.0722; 21.9211 King of Romania The state had been internationally recognized as

100-586: A parliamentary vote. Parliament was initially suspended and reinstated only later, in 1946. Michael I was crowned and anointed by the Orthodox Patriarch , Nicodim Munteanu , in the Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest , on the day of his second accession, 6 September 1940. However, legally, Michael I could not exercise much authority besides some prerogatives such as being the Supreme Head of

125-424: Is a county ( județ ) in western Romania . With a total area of 7,544 km (2,913 sq mi), Bihor is Romania's 6th largest county geographically and the main county in the historical region of Crișana . Its capital city is Oradea . 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 ,

150-502: The 2020 local elections , consists of 34 counsellors, with the following party composition: Bihor County has four municipalities, six towns, and 91 communes. Municipalities Towns Communes The territory of the county was divided into twelve districts ( plăși ) Within Bihor County there were three urban localities: Oradea (also known as Oradea Mare, the county seat) and urban communes Salonta and Beiuș . According to

175-769: The Apuseni Mountains , with the highest peak being the Cucurbăta Mare (also known as the Bihor Peak), at 1,849 m (6,066 ft). 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 Criș hydrographic basin with the rivers Crișul Repede , Crișul Negru , and Barcău the main rivers. Prior to World War I ,

200-601: The Army and designating a plenipotentiary prime minister Conducător ("Leader"). On 23 August 1944, with the Soviet Army already deep inside Romania's territory , Michael I deposed the German -allied dictator Ion Antonescu at the urging of the opposition parties and aligned the country with the Allies . Helped by the presence of Soviet forces, communists gradually took control of

225-616: 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. In 1938, King Carol II promulgated a new Constitution , and subsequently he had the administrative division of the Romanian territory changed. Ten ținuturi (approximate translation: "lands") were created (by merging

250-699: 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. 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

275-583: The Serbian and Ukrainian word for "whirlwind" (вихор), or Slavic biela hora , meaning "white mountain". 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 . Another theory is that the name comes from bour , the Romanian term for aurochs (from the Latin word bubalus ). The animal once inhabited

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300-476: The administration. On 30 December 1947, King Michael I was forced to sign his abdication. The same day, Parliament proclaimed the country a people's republic. The young former king and former queen mother Elena were forced to leave Romania on January 3, 1948, in the royal train, at the request of the communist-dominated government . Royal properties were nationalized later that year. After the Revolution of 1989 ,

325-655: 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 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

350-547: The counties) to be ruled by rezidenți regali (approximate translation: "Royal Residents") – appointed directly by the king – instead of the prefects . Bihor County became part of Ținutul Crișuri . In August 1940, under the auspices of Nazi Germany , which imposed the Second Vienna Award , Hungary retook the territory of Northern Transylvania (which included part of the county) from Romania. In October 1944, Romanian forces with Soviet assistance recaptured

375-535: The country was left in the care of a regency headed by Prince Nicholas of Romania , during the reign of Ferdinand's young grandson, Michael I (who was only six years old at the time), his father ( Carol II ) having renounced his rights to the throne in 1925. Carol II, unlike Carol I, in the beginning had no desire to rule Romania, and was frequently out of the country exploring the rest of Europe with his mistress. Michael's first reign would be short lived at only three years, until his father Carol II came back to contest

400-500: The county administrative system. 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

425-527: The county are: In the west side of the county there are mines for extracting coal and bauxite . Crude oil is also extracted. The main tourist attractions in the county are: According to the 2021 census , the county had a population of 551,297 and the population density was 73.1/km (189.3/sq mi). 51.1% of its population lives in urban areas, lower than the Romanian average. Ethnic composition of Bihor County (2021) Religious composition of Bihor County (2021) The Bihor County Council, renewed at

450-455: The former king visited Romania to an enthusiastic reception in the streets of Bucharest ; the royal estates and properties in Romania were restored. However, the country preserved its republican character. The former king was respected and recognized by the Parliament. His grandson regularly visits different organisations in Romania. Princess Margareta and her husband bestow royal orders in

475-448: The lands of northwestern Romania. Under this controversial theory, the name changed from buar to buhar and to Bihar and Bihor . 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, and a scroll with the text of Deșteaptă-te, române! , covered with a fess featuring three fish. It

500-456: The name of the former king for selected Romanians. The royal house is still popular and in 2014 Prime Minister Victor Ponta promised a referendum on whether or not to reinstate the monarchy if he were re-elected. A square was named in honour of the ex-king in 2012. Following the death of the former king in 2017, and the largely positive reaction of the crowds to the royal family at his funeral, Romanian politicians have discussed whether to hold

525-686: 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 Army took control of the county in April 1919, during the Hungarian–Romanian War . The territory of Bihor County was officially transferred to

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550-462: The throne to Prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen who subsequently became the new "Domnitor of Romania" (as Carol I ). Romania's independence from the Ottoman Empire was recognized in 1878 by the Treaty of Berlin . In an expression of full sovereignty , the principality was elevated to a kingdom in 1881, with Carol I becoming King of Romania. Carol I died in 1914, and was succeeded by his nephew, Ferdinand I . In 1927, Ferdinand I died, and

575-481: The title at the behest of a dissatisfied political faction that staged a sudden ' coup d'état ' (in spite of the fact that only a few years earlier he had renounced in official documents, written and signed in front of his own father, all his future claims to the throne of Romania). After a ten-year rule, Carol II was forced to give up his crown in the wake of an outcry over the Second Vienna Award , which forced Romania to surrender northern Transylvania to Hungary. After

600-600: The war, he married his longtime mistress, Elena Lupescu . The couple ultimately settled in Portugal, and the "playboy king" never returned to Romania. The kingdom of Romania was a constitutional monarchy for most of its existence with the exception of 1938–1944, during the dictatorships of Carol II (1938–1940) and Ion Antonescu (1940–1944). On 23 August 1944, Michael I restored the last democratic royal Constitution of 1923 . However, during his second reign (1940–1947), Michael I reigned mostly as an extraconstitutional king, without

625-452: 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. This county has a total area of 7,544 km (2,913 sq mi). In the eastern side of the county there are

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