Galații Bistriței (en hongrois : Galacfalva) est une commune du județ de Bistrița-Năsăud en Transylvanie (Roumanie).
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Galații Bistriței is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Albeștii Bistriței, Dipșa, Galații Bistriței, Herina, and Tonciu.
At the 2011 census, 80.4% of inhabitants were Romanians, 9.3% Hungarians, and 8.7% Roma. At the 2021 census, Galații Bistriței had a population of 2,257; of those, 79.62% were Romanians, 7.04% Roma, and 6.47% Hungarians.
Dipșa village features a church originally completed in 1489. It was founded by Transylvanian Saxons as a Catholic and later Lutheran church, and is now Romanian Orthodox, dedicated to Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki. It is known as the “sow’s church” because, according to legend, a sow discovered a bucket full of gold coins that were used to build the church.
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The Budac is a right tributary of the river Șieu in Romania. Its source is in the Călimani Mountains. It flows through the villages Budacu de Sus, Dumitrița, Orheiu Bistriţei and Budacu de Jos and discharges into the Șieu near Monariu. Its length is 44 km and its basin size is 241 km2.
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Lechința Solar Park, a large thin-film photovoltaic power system, lies on a 3.4 ha plot of land near the Lechința commune in Romania. The power plant is a 1.7-megawatt solar power system using state-of-the-art thin film technology, and was completed in August 2012, one month after construction started. The solar park features 6,762 solar panels and 54 string inverters. It supplies 1,000 MWh of electricity per year.
The installation is located in Bistrița-Năsăud County, in central-northern Romania. The investment cost for the Lechința solar park amounted to some €6.2 million.
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Lechința is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Bungard, Chiraleș, Lechința, Sângeorzu Nou, Sâniacob, Țigău, and Vermeș;