Iași metropolitan area

Iași Metropolitan Area
Metropolitan area
Coordinates: 47°9′44″N 27°35′20″E / 47.16222°N 27.58889°ECoordinates: 47°9′44″N 27°35′20″E / 47.16222°N 27.58889°E
Country	Romania
County	Iași
Central Municipality	Iași
Functional	2004
Area
• Total	808 km^2 (312 sq mi)
Population (2011 census[1])
• Total	382,484
• Density	473/km^2 (1,230/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	70wxyz^1
Area code(s)	+40 x32^2
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 Iași Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan area in Iași County, Romania, that includes the municipality of Iași 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 382,484 inhabitants (49.5%) out of the 772,348 in the county (as per 2011 census).^[1] As of 2014, with 464,711 residents, Iași 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

• Iași

Communes

Aroneanu Bârnova Ciurea Holboca Lețcani

Miroslava Popricani Rediu Schitu Duca Tomești

Ungheni Valea Lupului Victoria

Transportation

Major airport

Airport	IATA code	ICAO code
Iași International Airport	IAS	LRIA

Major roads

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

References

1. "Population at 20 October 2011" (in Romanian). INSSE. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
2. "Population on 1 January by age groups and sex - functional urban areas". Eurostat. Retrieved 8 June 2016.

External links

• Official site