Oradea metropolitan area

Oradea metropolitan area
Oradea metropolitan area
Metropolitan area
	Oradea skyline at night
Country	Romania
County	Bihor
Central Municipality	Oradea
Other localities	Biharia, Borş, Cetariu, Nojorid, Oșorhei, Paleu, Sânmartin, Sântandrei
Functional	2005
Population (2011 census)
• Total	235,462
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	41wxyz1
Area code	+40 x592
Website	http://www.zmo.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

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Oradea metropolitan area (Romanian: 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 125 km² (48 sq mi).^[3] As of 2015^[update], 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:

70% Romanians
24% Hungarians
6% Roma and others

Membership

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

References

^ ^a ^b "Population at 20 October 2011" (in Romanian). INSSE. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
^ "About". Archived from the original on 2010-06-06. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
^ Urban Audit Archived 2013-05-31 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Population on 1 January by age groups and sex - functional urban areas". Eurostat. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
^ Zona Metropolitană Oradea: Raportul de activitate 2005–2006 Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ "METREX - the Network of European Metropolitan Regions and Areas". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2009-08-08.

External links

[INSSER-1] "Population at 20 October 2011" (in Romanian). INSSE. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.

[2] "About". Archived from the original on 2010-06-06. Retrieved 2010-05-18.

[3] Urban Audit Archived 2013-05-31 at the Wayback Machine

[4] "Population on 1 January by age groups and sex - functional urban areas". Eurostat. Retrieved 29 October 2017.

[5] Zona Metropolitană Oradea: Raportul de activitate 2005–2006 Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine

[6] "METREX - the Network of European Metropolitan Regions and Areas". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2009-08-08.

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