Living in Bârsana

Bârsana had a population of 4,585 at the end of 2025. Registered unemployed accounted for 2.0% of residents in 2025. Annual PM2.5 in the air was 31 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0717 sources

Population4,585people31 Dec 2025Official source · Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online

Average gross salary1,362EUR/month31 Dec 2024District figureOfficial source · Castigul salarial nominal mediu brut lunar pe activitati ale economiei nationale (sectiuni si diviziuni) CAEN Rev.2, sexe, macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare si judete

Recorded crime1,359incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024District figureOfficial source · Rata infracționalității pe macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare și județe (JUS107B)

PM2.5, annual mean31µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency (EEA)

Which Romania-wide rules apply when you move to Bârsana?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in RomaniaNational rates and thresholds that apply in Bârsana.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

At the end of 2021, the dwelling count totalled 1,769.

No city-level rent figure is published for Bârsana. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€8

Mobile plan, 10 GB€5

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	7.61 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Digi Fiber 1000²Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	5 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Digi mobile plan³Official · national market
Dwellings	1,769 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021⁶Official
Main residence dwellings	1,515 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021⁶Official

Is Bârsana a good place to live?

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Remote worker36%strong on work, weak on housing · range 25–47%

Skilled employee47%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 37–57%

Student45%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 33–57%

Family50%strong on family, weak on education · range 36–64%

Retirement50%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 36–64%

Work and income

Bârsana's employment count was 1,349 at the end of 2021.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,362 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Castigul salarial nominal mediu brut lunar pe activitati ale economiei nationale (sectiuni si diviziuni) CAEN Rev.2, sexe, macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare si judete¹Official · county
People in employment	1,349 people	31 Dec 2021	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021⁷Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Bârsana. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

National Agency for Employment — Public employment service

Agenția Națională pentru Ocuparea Forței de Muncă (ANOFM)

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Bârsana. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Bârsana?

Police recorded 1,359 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Rata infracționalității pe macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare și județe (JUS107B)¹²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	1,359 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Rata infracționalității pe macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare și județe (JUS107B)¹²Official · county

Mobility and administration

Bârsana's nearest airport was BAY, 48 km away and offered 1 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	1 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁰Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	48 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	BAY	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Bârsana. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Integration Programme for beneficiaries of international protection and other eligible foreigners — Integration course

General Inspectorate for Immigration

For refugees, persons with subsidiary protection, other eligible foreigners.

RomanianIn PersonCost varies

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Piloting integration — regional integration-centre route — Welcome Program

General Inspectorate for Immigration

For beneficiaries of protection, other foreigners with a right of residence.

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Bârsana.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Bârsana?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 31 µg/m³ (2024) — above the EU limit value. Source: European Environment Agency (EEA)⁴

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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2°-5°

4°-4°

9°-1°

15°4°

20°8°

24°12°

25°13°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

100

101

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

148

193

240

259

272

276

190

152

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hours

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.531WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in RomaniaOf 19 cities with data, 4 have annual PM2.5 of 15 to under 16 µg/m³.

1–28–912–1313–1414–1515–1616–1720–2123–2424–2529–30

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	31 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency (EEA)⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 1.6 · Feb 3.8 · Mar 8.6 · Apr 15.3 · May 20.2 · Jun 23.5 · Jul 25.1 · Aug 25.4 · Sep 20 · Oct 14.7 · Nov 8.7 · Dec 2.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -5 · Feb -3.9 · Mar -0.7 · Apr 4.2 · May 8.5 · Jun 11.9 · Jul 13.3 · Aug 13.1 · Sep 9 · Oct 4.9 · Nov 1 · Dec -3.7 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -2.2 · Feb -0.7 · Mar 3.3 · Apr 9.3 · May 14.1 · Jun 17.5 · Jul 19 · Aug 18.9 · Sep 13.8 · Oct 9 · Nov 4.3 · Dec -1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 39.8 · Feb 41.8 · Mar 49 · Apr 50.4 · May 92.3 · Jun 99.8 · Jul 100.9 · Aug 76.5 · Sep 66.9 · Oct 61.4 · Nov 48.5 · Dec 51.5 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 73.1 · Feb 90.8 · Mar 148.1 · Apr 192.6 · May 239.5 · Jun 259.3 · Jul 272.1 · Aug 275.7 · Sep 190.3 · Oct 151.9 · Nov 94.8 · Dec 58.2 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Romania: Cluj-Napoca ±0.8 °C. Elsewhere: Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±0.9 °C, Cottbus (Germany) ±0.9 °C, Traunreut (Germany) ±0.9 °C, Traunstein (Germany) ±0.9 °C, Trostberg (Germany) ±0.9 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

At the end of 2021, Bârsana had 2,072 residents who were female. Bârsana was home to 2,050 men at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Bârsana?

The published population was 4,585 people in 2025. Source: Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online⁹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Female residents	2,072 people	31 Dec 2021	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021⁵Official
Male residents	2,050 people	31 Dec 2021	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021⁵Official
Population	4,585 people	31 Dec 2025	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online⁹Official
Registered unemployed, share of residents	2.03 %	31 Dec 2025	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online⁹Official

International community in Bârsana

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Ancestry or ethnicity

Resident population at 1 December 2021 in the UAT; ethnicity/mother tongue are source-native census response categories · 2021-12-01

Published group	People	Share
POPULATIA REZIDENTA TOTAL	4,122	100.0%
Români	3,708	90.0%
Informație nedisponibila	409	9.9%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁸

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Registered jobseekers	87 people	7 Aug 2026	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / TEMPO-INS⁹Official

Alternatives for people set on Bârsana

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Floreşti as a Bârsana alternative in the same country

Better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 55,766 Floreşti vs 4,585 Bârsana+1116%
Annual PM2.5: 17.0 µg/m³ Floreşti vs 31.0 µg/m³ Bârsana−45%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,448 (2023) Floreşti vs 1,359 (2024) Bârsanano percentage

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Alternative cities in Romania

Other cities in Romania to compare with Bârsana, nearest in population first.

All Romania cities

Dărmăneşti4,585 residents Ostrov4,594 residents Drăgăneşti4,596 residents Mireşu Mare4,605 residents Poiana Teiului4,607 residents Grădiştea4,613 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Bârsana when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 4 to 18, and public school is free. How to enrol a child (edu.ro).

A country-wide rule for Romania; Bârsana's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Bârsana?

The published population was 4,585 people in 2025. Source: Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online.

Is the air quality good in Bârsana?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 31 µg/m³ (2024) — above the EU limit value. Source: European Environment Agency (EEA).

How safe is Bârsana?

Is Bârsana a good place to live?

Bârsana may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

How many people are in the POPULATIA REZIDENTA TOTAL ancestry or ethnicity group in Bârsana?

The official ancestry or ethnicity distribution records 4,122 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2021-12-01. This is a ancestry or ethnicity measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Bârsana, Romania: population, salary, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 88ce3c223286a834b1371864df605f88]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ro/barsana/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_barsana-romania-population-salary-cost-of-living-jobs_77a801366586,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Bârsana, Romania: population, salary, cost of living, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {88ce3c223286a834b1371864df605f88},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ro/barsana/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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