Oradea metropolitan area explained

Official Name:Oradea metropolitan area
Subdivision Type3:Other localities
Utc Offset:+2
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Settlement Type:Metropolitan area
Established Title:Functional
Established Date:2005
Population Total:235,462
Population As Of:2011 census[1]
Postal Code:41wxyz1
Area Code:+40 x592
Footnotes: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
Website:http://www.zmo.ro/

Oradea metropolitan area (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Zona Metropolitană Oradea or short ZMO) is a metropolitan area located in Western Romania, in the County of Bihor, Crișana, Transylvania, Romania and was founded on 9 May 2005.[2]

According to Eurostat, in 2007 Oradea had a larger urban zone of 218,518 residents on an area of .[3], the Oradea functional urban area has a population of 239,390 residents.[4]

Composition

The metropolitan area comprises the city of Oradea and 11 adjacent communes:

Population and ethnic structure

In 2011, the population of the metropolitan area was 235,462.[1]

The population structure[5] comprises:

Membership

The Oradea metropolitan area is a member of the METREX EU network.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population at 20 October 2011 . 5 July 2013 . 9 July 2013 . . Romanian.
  2. Web site: About . 2010-05-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100606232908/http://www.zmo.ro/romana/Despre-noi.html . 2010-06-06 . dead .
  3. http://www.urbanaudit.org/index.aspx Urban Audit
  4. Web site: Population on 1 January by age groups and sex - functional urban areas . 29 October 2017 . Eurostat.
  5. Zona Metropolitană Oradea: Raportul de activitate 2005–2006
  6. Web site: METREX - the Network of European Metropolitan Regions and Areas . 2009-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110726042140/http://www.eurometrex.org/ENT1/EN/Members/member_profile.asp?Metro=Oradea . 2011-07-26 . dead .