Iași Metropolitan Area | |
|---|---|
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, that includes the municipality of Iași and 19 nearby communes.
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
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
Demographics
| Population census | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 2002 | 2011 | 2021 |
| Pop. | 422,770 | 403,572 | 423,154 |
| ±% | — | −4.5% | +4.9% |
| Source: [1][3] | |||
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)
Public transport
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
- 1 2 3 "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
- Official site
- Population of the Iași metropolitan area: volume, structures and demographic processes
- Iași Metropolitan Public Transport Association official website