Târgu Mureș metropolitan area explained

Official Name:Târgu Mureș metropolitan area
Subdivision Type3:Other localities
Utc Offset:+2
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Settlement Type:Metropolitan area
Established Title:Functional
Established Date:2005
Area Total Km2:656.29
Population Total:209,532
Population Density Km2:314.6
Population As Of:2011 census
Coordinates:46.5333°N 57°W
Postal Code:540xyz1
Area Code:+40 x652
Website:http://www.tgmures-metropolitan.ro/home

The Târgu Mureș metropolitan area is a metropolitan area in Târgu Mureș, Romania. It was founded in 2005. It has a population of 209,532 as of the 2011 census. It is Romania's only metropolitan area where Hungarians form the largest ethnic group, with 98,593 people. The Romanian population is 95,867. Other ethnicities include Romani, Germans, Italians, and Jews.

As defined by Eurostat, the Târgu Mureș functional urban area has a population of 180,922 residents .[1]

Composition

Tărgu Mureș metropolitan area (2011)[2]
Cities/CommunesPopulationRomaniansHungariansOther
134,290 69,702 60,669 3,919
9,304 3,435 4,681 1,188
7,489 4,671 2,254 564
6,945 5,039 580 977
6,033 739 4,707 587
5,964 2,547 2,624 793
5,835 452 4,284 1,099
5,824 2,465 2,512 847
5,723 2,868 2,309 546
4,738 91 4,067 580
4,470 110 2,827 1,533
4,233 1,309 1,466 1,458
3,2661,008 1,640 618
2,982 617 2,169 196
2,785 814 1,804 167
Total209,532 95,867 98,593 15,072
Percentage 100% 45.8% 47.1% 7.1%

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population on 1 January by age groups and sex - functional urban areas . 29 October 2017 . Eurostat.
  2. http://www.recensamantromania.ro/rezultate-2/ 2011 Romanian census breakdown