Metropolitan areas in Romania

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There are 10 metropolitan areas in Romania that have been constituted or are planned to be constituted in the near future.

Legislative status

The current legislation in Romania regulates the status of the 265 cities according to their population and regional importance:

• Rank 0 - Bucharest, the capital of Romania - municipality of "European" importance
• Rank I —municipality of national importance, with regional role and potential influence at European level
• Rank II —municipality of national, regional or county-level importance, or with equilibrium role in the network of cities
• Rank III — cities

Legislation also restricts the possibility to engage into a metropolitan area project to only those cities that are of rank 0 or I.^[1] Here is a list of the municipalities that as of 2007 can for metropolitan areas around them with approximate populations.^[2] Only three zones have been officially constituted by the end of 2007: Oradea, Iasi and Constanta.^[3] At least 9 others are at the level of project.

Constituted metropolitan zones

• Iaşi metropolitan area^[4] (since 8 April 2004) - Today it has a population of 400,347^[5] and 808 km².

• Oradea metropolitan area (since 9 May 2005)^[6] - It had a population of 258,800 in 2008 being the largest urban area from Crişana historical region, surpassing the city of Debreţin (Debrecen).

• Constanţa metropolitan area^[7] (since 2007) - It has a population of 446,595^[5] in 15% area (1013.5 km²) of the Constanţa County. It includes cities like Năvodari, Ovidiu, Eforie, Techirghiol and Basarabi.

• Braşov metropolitan area^[8] (since 2007) - Now has a population of 402,041.^[5] It includes the cities of Codlea, Săcele, Ghimbav and Râşnov.

• Cluj-Napoca metropolitan area^[9] (since 2008)^[10] - Currently the population is estimated at 379,705.

• Craiova metropolitan area^[11] (since 11 February 2009)- Has a population of 333,834.^[5]

Metropolitan zones in project

• Bucharest Metropolitan Area^[12] - Today has a population of 2,200,000 and is only slightly larger than the city proper (1.9 million). There are plans to greatly enlarge the metropolitan area all the way to the Danube. A possible name would be Greater Bucharest.^[13] Currently, the project advances slowly.^[14]

• Timişoara metropolitan area^[15][16] - Has a population of 365,545.^[5]

• Cantemir metropolitan area^[17] - It is formed by the cities of Galaţi and Brăila and is estimated to have a population of about 600,000.

• Bacău metropolitan area^[18][19] - It includes the urban area of Bacău and other surrounding localities, with a total population of around 250,000.

• Ploieşti metropolitan area^[20] - It is made up of the urban area of Ploieşti and other surrounding localities. It has a population of more than 300,000.

Other possible projects

There are some urban areas which could develop their own metropolitan areas in the future:

• Cities with population over 150,000: Arad, Piteşti (Piteşti - Mioveni), Sibiu (Sibiu - Cisnădie), Târgu Mureş^[3]
• Cities with population between 100,000 and 150,000: Baia Mare, Buzău, Satu Mare, Botoşani,^[21] Râmnicu Vâlcea, Suceava,^[22] Piatra Neamţ, Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Focşani, Târgu Jiu (Târgu Jiu - Rovinari population of about 120,000)

Other seemingly possible urban agglomerations:

• Deva-Hunedoara-Simeria^[23] (population over 180,000) (possible name: New Sarmizegetusa)
• Valea Jiului (Petroşani, Petrila, Vulcan, Uricani, Lupeni; population of about 170,000)
• Trotuş (Oneşti, Moineşti, Comăneşti, Dărmăneşti, Târgu Ocna, Bălan and the communes between them; population about 170,000).
• Alba Iulia-Sebeş (Sebeş, Alba Iulia and Vinţu de Jos; population of about 100,000)
• Turda-Câmpia Turzii (Turda and Câmpia Turzii; population of about 85,000)
• Roman metropolitan area (city of Roman and the surrounding communes in Eastern Neamţ County; population of about 150,000)
• Valea Prahovei-Valea Timişului (from Braşov) (Câmpina, Breaza, Comarnic, Sinaia, Buşteni, Azuga, Posada, Predeal; population of about 130,000)
• Mediaş (Mediaş, Copşa Mică and several communities from Northern Sibiu County; population of about 100,000)
• Reşiţa - Bocşa population of about 110,000

Municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants

view · talk · edit view · talk · edit Largest cities of Romania July 1, 2010 estimates[24]
	Rank	City Name	County	Pop.	Rank	City Name	County	Pop.
Bucharest Timișoara	1	Bucharest	Bucharest	1,942,254	11	Oradea	Bihor	204,477	Iaşi Cluj-Napoca
	2	Timișoara	Timiş	311,428	12	Bacău	Bacău	177,087
	3	Iaşi	Iaşi	309,631	13	Piteşti	Argeş	166,893
	4	Cluj-Napoca	Cluj	305,636	14	Arad	Arad	166,003
	5	Constanţa	Constanţa	301,221	15	Sibiu	Sibiu	154,548
	6	Craiova	Dolj	298,740	16	Târgu Mureş	Mureş	145,151
	7	Galaţi	Galaţi	290,593	17	Baia Mare	Maramureş	139,154
	8	Braşov	Braşov	276,914	18	Buzău	Buzău	132,210
	9	Ploieşti	Prahova	227,194	19	Botoşani	Botoşani	116,110
	10	Brăila	Brăila	210,245	20	Satu Mare	Satu Mare	112,705

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  Iaşi

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  Cluj-Napoca

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  Timişoara

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  Constanţa

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  Galaţi

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  Braşov

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  Ploieşti

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  Oradea

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  Bacău

References

1. ^ (Romanian)[1]^{[dead link]}
2. ^ (Romanian) "Map of Romanian cities that can have metropolitan areas - in maroon"
3. ^ ^{a b} Zona Metropolitană, viitorul dezvoltării urbane: Informaţia de Mureş
4. ^ Zona Metropolitana Iasi
5. ^ ^{a b c d e} INS INS 1.01.2009(Romanian) Archived 26 July 2009 at WebCite
6. ^ Zona Metropolitana Oradea
7. ^ Zona Metropolitana Constanta
8. ^ Microsoft Word - Strategie_zona_metropolitana.doc^{[dead link]}
9. ^ Zona Metropolitana Urbana si Strategii de Dezvoltare a Zonei Metropolitane Cluj-Napoca
10. ^ "Zona Metropolitana Urbana" (in Romanian). CJ Cluj. http://www.cjcluj.ro/zona-metropolitana-urbana/. Retrieved May 25, 2009. 
11. ^ Eroare > EVZ.ro
12. ^ Proiect - Zona metropolitana Bucuresti
13. ^ (Romanian) Zona Metropolitana Bucuresti ar urma sa se intinda pana la Dunare
14. ^ NewsReport - Zona Metropolitana Bucuresti, un proiect fara strategii si planuri concrete, uitat la sertar
15. ^ Zona Metropolitană Timişoara | Primaria Timisoara | Secţiuni | Proiecte importante ale municipalitatii
16. ^ Util: Primaria Municipiului Timisoara lanseaza o dezbatere privind Zona Metropolitana
17. ^ Zona metropolitana Galati-Braila va avea un statut de functionare peste trei saptamani - Stiri din Real-Estate pe Wall-Street
18. ^ ADL BACAU - Totul despre Zona metropolitana Bacau
19. ^ Conducere pentru ZONA METROPOLITANĂ BACĂU « Ziarul Observator de Bacau
20. ^ Administratia locala - Zona metropolitana Ploiesti prinde contur
21. ^ Evenimentul :: Botosaniul are nevoie de o zona metropolitana
22. ^ Primaria municipiului Suceava - Zona metropolitana, un vis spulberat pentru Suceava
23. ^ Stiri | Stiri Online | Stiri Video | Stiri Mobil | Sport | Politica
24. ^ "Largest Romanian cities in 2010" (in Romanian). evz.ro. August 28, 2011. http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/iasi-sau-timisoara-care-este-cel-de-al-doilea-mare-oras-din-romania-dupa-bucuresti-943339.html. Retrieved August 28, 2011. 

See also

• List of cities in Romania