Bacău metropolitan area

Bacău metropolitan area
Metropolitan area
Country	Romania
County	Bacău
Central Municipality	Bacău
Functional	proposed
Area
• Total	700.47 km^2 (270.45 sq mi)
Population  (2011 census[1])
• Total	188,709
• Density	269/km^2 (700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	60wxyz^1
Area code	+40 x34^2
^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 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).

According to Eurostat, in 2007 Bacău had a larger urban zone of 196,435 residents, on an area of 102 km^2.[4] As of 2015^[update], the Bacău functional urban area has a population of 224,745 residents.[5]

References

1. "Population at 20 October 2011" (in Romanian). INSSE. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.^[permanent dead link‍]
2. "Metropolitan Area Bacau". ADL Bacău. Archived from the original on 2008-04-12.
3. "Romania libera - stiri iesite din tipar - actualitate, investigatii, politica, cultura".
4. Urban Audit Archived May 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
5. "Population on 1 January by age groups and sex - functional urban areas". Eurostat. Retrieved 29 October 2017.