Iaşi metropolitan area

Iaşi Metropolitan Area
—  Metropolitan area  —
Coordinates: 47°9′44″N 27°35′20″E / 47.16222°N 27.58889°E / 47.16222; 27.58889Coordinates: 47°9′44″N 27°35′20″E / 47.16222°N 27.58889°E / 47.16222; 27.58889
Country	Romania
County	Iaşi
Central Municipality	Iaşi
Other localities
Functional	2004
Area
– Total	808 km2 (312 sq mi)
Population
– Total	400,347
– Density	495.5/km2 (1,283.3/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	70wxyz1
Area code(s)	+40 x322
Website	http://www.zmi.ro/
1w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address 2x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks

The Iaşi Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan area in Iaşi County, Romania, that includes the municipality of Iaşi and 13 nearby communes.

It has a total surface of 808 km² (14.75%) of the 5,476 km² that the county has, and a population of 400,347 inhabitants (48.6%) out of the 823,388 in the county.^[1]

History

Iaşi metropolitan area was constituted on 8 April 2004, to create a better business environment, to attract more consistent investitions and to better coordinate environmental and infrastructure projects.

Communities

Cities

• Iaşi

Villages

Aroneanu Bârnova Ciurea Holboca Leţcani

Miroslava Popricani Rediu Schitu Duca Tomeşti

Ungheni Valea Lupului Victoria

Transportation

Major airport

Airport	IATA code	ICAO code
Iaşi International Airport	IAS	LRIA

Major roads

• National roads DN24 and DN28 (both part of European routes E58 and E583)

References

1. ^ "Populaţia stabilă la 1.01.2009" (in Romanian). INSSE. May 19, 2009. http://www.insse.ro/cms/rw/resource/populatia%20stabila%20la%201%20ianuarie%202009%20si%2018.xls?download=true. Retrieved May 25, 2009. 

External links

• Official site