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 / 47.16222°N 27.58889°E / 47.16222; 27.58889
Country Romania
CountyIași
Central MunicipalityIași
Functional2004
Area
 • Total1,159 km2 (447 sq mi)
Population
 (2021 census)[1]
 • Total423,154
 • Density366/km2 (950/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
70wxyz1
Area code+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 423,154 inhabitants (55.6%) out of the 760,774 in the county (as per 2021 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 edit

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 edit

Cities edit

Communes edit

Demographics edit

Population census
Year2002 2011 2021
Pop.422,770403,572423,154
±%—    −4.5%+4.9%
Source: [1][3]

Transportation edit

Major airport edit

Airport IATA code ICAO code
Iași International Airport IAS LRIA

Major roads edit

Public transport edit

CTP Iași offers transport services for the Iași Metropolitan Public Transport Association (Asociația Metropolitană de Transport Public Iași (AMTPI)), in the metropolitan area of the city.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Population at 2021 Census" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Population on 1 January by age groups and sex - functional urban areas". Eurostat. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Population at 20 October 2011" (in Romanian). INSSE. 5 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Transportul metropolitan IAȘI este funcțional! Vezi care sunt traseele și tarifele". infoiasionline.ro (in Romanian). 2023-01-03.

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