Iași metropolitan area

The Iași Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan association in Iași County, Romania, that includes the municipality of Iași and 19 nearby communes.

Iași Metropolitan Area
Metropolitan area
Coordinates: 47°9′44″N 27°35′20″E
Country Romania
County Iași
Central MunicipalityIași
Functional2004
Area
 • Total1,159 km2 (447 sq mi)
Population
 (2011 census[1])
 • Total403,572
 • Estimate 
(2018)[2]
500,668
 • Density348/km2 (900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
70wxyz1
Area code(s)+40 x322
Websitehttp://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

It has a total surface of 1,159 km² (21.2%) of the 5,476 km² that the county has, and a population of 403,572 inhabitants (52.2%) out of the 772,348 in the county (as per 2011 census).[1]

As defined by Eurostat, with 500,668 residents (as of 2018), the Iași functional urban area is the second most populous in Romania (after Bucharest).[2]

History

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

Communities

Cities

Communes

Transportation

Major airport
Airport IATA code ICAO code
Iași International Airport IAS LRIA

Major roads

References
  1. "Population at 2011 Census" (in Romanian). INSSE. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  2. "Population on 1 January by age groups and sex - functional urban areas". Eurostat. Retrieved 7 October 2020.


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