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.

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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

  • 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).
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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]
  • 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.

Other possible projects

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

Other seemingly possible urban agglomerations:

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
Bucharest

Timișoara
Timișoara

1 Bucharest Bucharest 1,942,254 11 Oradea Bihor 204,477 Iaşi
Iaşi

Cluj-Napoca
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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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. 

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