Iași Metropolitan Area | |
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Metropolitan area | |
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| Coordinates: 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 | 1,159 km2 (447 sq mi) |
| Population (2021 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 423,154 |
| • Density | 366/km2 (950/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 70wxyz1 |
| Area code | +40 x322 |
| 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 association in Iași County, Romania. It consists of the municipality of Iași and 19 nearby communes.
It has a total area 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[update]), 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 2002 | 2011 | 2021 |
| Pop. | 422,770 | 403,572 | 423,154 |
| ±% | — | −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]
- National roads DN24 and DN28 (both part of European routes E58 and E583)
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]
- ^ a b c "Population at 2021 Census" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Population on 1 January by age groups and sex - functional urban areas". Eurostat. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ "Population at 20 October 2011" (in Romanian). INSSE. 5 July 2013.
- ^ "Transportul metropolitan IAȘI este funcțional! Vezi care sunt traseele și tarifele". infoiasionline.ro (in Romanian). 2023-01-03.
External links[edit]
- Official site
- Population of the Iași metropolitan area: volume, structures and demographic processes
- Iași Metropolitan Public Transport Association official website