Bihar County

Bihar County
*Comitatus Bihariensis* (Latin)
*Bihar vármegye* (Hungarian)
*Komitat Bihar* (German)
*Comitatul Bihor* (Romanian)
Bihar County Comitatus Bihariensis (Latin); Bihar vármegye (Hungarian); Komitat Bihar (German); Comitatul Bihor (Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary; (11th century-1526); County of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom; (1526-1570); County of the Principality of Transylvania; (1570-1692); County of the Kingdom of Hungary; (1692-1850, 1860-1946); County of the Second Hungarian Republic; (1946-1949); County of the Hungarian People's Republic; (1949-1950)
	Coat of arms
	; Bihar county between 1876 and 1920
Capital	Bihar;; Nagyvárad (1083-1920, 1940-1945);; Berettyóújfalu (1920-1940; 1945-1950)
Area
• Coordinates	47°3′N 21°56′E
• 1910	10,657 km2 (4,115 sq mi)
• 1930	2,783 km2 (1,075 sq mi)
Population
• 1910	646,301
• 1930	176,002
History
• Established	11th century
• Disestablished	1850
• County recreated	20 October 1860
• Treaty of Trianon	4 June 1920
• Second Vienna Award	30 August 1940
• Merged into Hajdú-Bihar County	16 March 1950
Today part of	Romania; (7,874 km2); Hungary; (2,783 km2)
	Biharia; Oradea is the current name of the capital.

Bihar was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary and a county of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom and Principality of Transylvania (since the 16th century, when it was under the rule of the Princes of Transylvania). Most of its territory is now part of Romania, while a smaller western part belongs to Hungary. The capital of the county was Nagyvárad (now Oradea in Romania). Albrecht Dürer's father was from this county.

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