The Bacău metropolitan area is a proposed metropolitan area project that includes the urban area of Bacău. It includes the communes of Letea Veche, Buhoci, Luizi-Călugăra, Săucești, Hemeiuș, Gârleni, Racova, Mărgineni, Măgura and others, and would extend to the town of Buhuși.[2][3] If completed, the metropolitan would have an estimated population of 188,709 (as per 2011 census).
Bacău metropolitan area | |
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Metropolitan area | |
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| Country |  Romania |
| County | Bacău |
| Central Municipality | Bacău |
| Functional | proposed |
| Area | |
• Total | 700.47 km2 (270.45 sq mi) |
| Population (2011 census[1]) | |
• Total | 188,709 |
| • Density | 269/km2 (700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 60wxyz1 |
| Area code | +40 x342 |
| 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 | |
According to Eurostat, in 2007 Bacău had a larger urban zone of 196,435 residents, on an area of 102 km2.[4] As of 2015[update], the Bacău functional urban area has a population of 224,745 residents.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Population at 20 October 2011" (in Romanian). INSSE. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Metropolitan Area Bacau". ADL Bacău. Archived from the original on 2008-04-12.
- ^ "Romania libera - stiri iesite din tipar - actualitate, investigatii, politica, cultura".
- ^ Urban Audit Archived May 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Population on 1 January by age groups and sex - functional urban areas". Eurostat. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
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