Oradea metropolitan area

Oradea metropolitan area
—  Metropolitan area  —
Oradea skyline at night
Country	Romania
County	Bihor
Central Municipality	Oradea
Other localities	Biharia, Borş, Cetariu, Nojorid, Oşorhei, Paleu, Sânmartin, Sântandrei
Functional	2005
Population
– Total	240,800
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	41wxyz1
Area code(s)	+40 x592
Website	http://www.zmo.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

Oradea metropolitan area (Romanian: Zona Metropolitană Oradea or short ZMO) is a metropolitan area located in Western Romania, in the County of Bihor, Crişana, Transylvania, Romania and was founded on 9 May 2005.^[1]

According to Eurostat, in 2007 Oradea had a Larger Urban Zone of 218,518 residents on an area of 125 km².^[2]

Composition

The metropolitan area comprises the city of Oradea and 8 adjacent communes:

• Biharia
• Borş
• Cetariu
• Nojorid
• Oşorhei
• Paleu
• Sânmartin
• Sântandrei.

Population and ethnic structure

In 2006 the population of the metropolitan area was 240,800.
The population structure^[3] comprises:

• 70% Romanians
• 24% Hungarians
• 6% Roma and others

Membership

Oradea Metropolitan Area is a member of the METREX EU network.^[4]

References

• Zona metropolitană Oradea - Prezentare multimedia
• [1]
• [2]
• [3]
• Metropolitan Oradea Area - Osorhei
• http://www.roeu.net/zona/oradea1en/

1. ^ About
2. ^ Urban Audit
3. ^ Zona Metropolitană Oradea: Raportul de activitate 2005–2006
4. ^ http://www.eurometrex.org/ENT1/EN/Members/member_profile.asp?Metro=Oradea