Cluj-Napoca metropolitan area
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Cluj Metropolitan Area
| image_skyline =
| image_shield =
| image_map = Zona Metropolitana Cluj.svg
| map_caption =
| mapsize = 300px
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{ROU}}
| subdivision_type1 = County
| subdivision_name1 = Cluj County
| subdivision_type2 = Central Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Cluj-Napoca
| subdivision_type3 = Other localities
| subdivision_name3 = Aiton, Apahida, Baciu, Bonțida, Borșa, Căianu, Chinteni, Ciurila, Cojocna, Feleacu, Florești, Gârbău, Gilău, Jucu, Săvădisla, Sânpaul, Tureni, Vultureni
| timezone = EET
| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = EEST
| utc_offset_DST = +3
| settlement_type = Metropolitan area
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_party =
| leader_title1 =
| leader_name1 =
| leader_title2 =
| leader_name2 =
| established_title = Functional
| established_date = 2008
| area_total_km2 = 1603
| area_total_mi =
| population_total = 425,130
| population_density_km2 = 266
| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls |title=Population at 2021 Census |date=31 May 2023 |publisher=INSSE |language=Romanian }}
| population_metro =
| population_as_of = 2021 census
| coordinates = {{coord|46|46|N|23|35|E|region:RO|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type = Postal Code
| postal_code = 40wxyz1
| area_code = +40 x642
| twin1 =
| twin1_country =
| twin2 =
| twin2_country =
| twin3 =
| twin3_country =
| twin4 =
| twin4_country =
| twin5 =
| twin5_country =
| twin6 =
| twin6_country =
| twin7 =
| twin7_country =
| blank_name =
| blank_info =
| 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 = {{URL|https://www.clujmet.ro/}}
| name =
}}
The Cluj metropolitan area is a metropolitan area in Cluj County, which includes Cluj-Napoca and 19 communes nearby: Aiton, Apahida, Baciu, Bonțida, Borșa, Căianu, Chinteni, Ciurila, Cojocna, Feleacu, Florești, Gilău, Gârbau, Jucu, Petreștii de Jos, Săvădisla, Sânpaul, Tureni, Vultureni.
The total area of the metropolitan area is {{cvt|1603|km2}}, which comprises 24% of the territory of Cluj County. According to the 2021 census, the population of the 20 administrative units totals 425,130 people, of whom 286,598 live in Cluj-Napoca.
Population
{{Historical populations
|title = Population census
|align = none
|direction = horizontal
|source = {{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/rpl_2011_populatia-pe-categorii-de-localitati.xls |title=Population at 20 October 2011 |date=5 July 2013 |publisher=INSSE |language=ro }}
|2011 | 418153
|2021 | 425130
}}
According to the 2021 census, these are the populations of each of the administrative units that comprise the Cluj Metropolitan Area:{{Cite web|title=Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor, 2011. Rezultate definitive, Tabelul 10. Populația stabilă după limba maternă – județe, municipii, orașe, comune| url=http://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sR_TAB_10.xls|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929043145/http://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sR_TAB_10.xls |archive-date=2013-09-29 |access-date=2020-05-19}}
| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|Administrative unit |Inhabitants |Roma | ||||
| Cluj-Napoca | 286,598 | 249,002 | 49,425 | 824 |
| Florești | 52,735 | 17,578 | 3,258 | 730 |
| Apahida | 10,685 | 9,493 | 408 | 75 |
| Baciu | 10,317 | 6,580 | 3,095 | 325 |
| Gilău | 8,300 | 7,141 | 706 | 109 |
| Bonțida | 4,856 | 3,613 | 765 | 297 |
| Săvădisla | 4,392 | 1,975 | 2,264 | 60 |
| Jucu | 4,270 | 3,608 | 501 | 21 |
| Cojocna | 4,194 | 2,826 | 689 | 387 |
| Feleacu | 3,923 | 2,932 | 891 | 4 |
| Chinteni | 3,065 | 2,370 | 539 | 10 |
| Gârbău | 2,440 | 1,248 | 1,075 | 49 |
| Sânpaul | 2,382 | 1,972 | 22 | 261 |
| Căianu | 2,355 | 1,431 | 852 | - |
| Tureni | 2,278 | 1,633 | 562 | 5 |
| Borșa | 1,600 | 1,431 | 107 | 18 |
| Ciurila | 1,594 | 1,500 | 18 | * |
| Vultureni | 1,516 | 1,273 | 165 | 36 |
| Petreștii de Jos | 1,512 | 1,446 | 3 | 4 |
| Aiton | 1,085 | 918 | 118 | - |
| Total | 425,130 | 319,970 | 65,463 | 3,215 |
History
The Cluj Metropolitan Area was legally established in the fall of 2008 as an inter-community development association,{{Cite web|title=Despre noi|url=https://www.adizmc.ro/despre-noi|last=|first=|date=|website=Zona Metropolitană Cluj|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-21}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ziuadecj.ro/action/article?ID=20381 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209060817/http://www.ziuadecj.ro/action/article?ID=20381 |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 December 2012 |title=Asociația Metropolitană e "la cheie". Mai trebuie banii |date=9 January 2009 |access-date=2009-02-11 |publisher=Ziua de Cluj |language=ro}} having as founders the municipality of Cluj-Napoca, the Cluj County Council and 17 communes in the vicinity of Cluj. In 2009, the commune of Sânpaul joined the metropolitan area, and in 2016, the commune of Săvădisla joined in.
Objectives
The objectives pursued by the Cluj Metropolitan Area Intercommunity Development Association are:
- Enhancing knowledge-based economic competitiveness.
- The development and upgrading of transport infrastructure.
- To protect and improve the quality of the environment.
- Human resources development, employment growth, and the struggle against social exclusion.
- The development of the rural economy and the increase of productivity in the agricultural sector.
- Balanced participation to the socio-economic development process for all the administrative units of the Cluj Metropolitan Area.
Projects
The Cluj Metropolitan Area, as a leader or partner, has carried out or runs a number of projects with European Union funding or from EEA and Norwegian Grants. They include:
- “[https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/europe-for-citizens/projects/efc-project-details-page/?nodeRef=workspace://SpacesStore/7305c272-5eb7-497d-a485-00ac0b27d800 European Digital Citizens]” (Eudigit)
- [http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/urbfordan/partners URBforDAN]. Management and Use of Urban Foreres as Natural Heritage in Danube Cities
- [http://www.thelabcluj.ro/ The Lab Cluj] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021184756/http://www.thelabcluj.ro/ |date=2020-10-21 }}. Metropolitan Laboratory for Social Innovation
- [https://adizmc.ro/pata-2/ Pata 2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812034431/https://adizmc.ro/pata-2/ |date=2020-08-12 }}. Replicable integrated interventions for inclusive housing and combating marginalisation in Cluj Metropolitan Area
- Cluj Future of Work, „Informal Work” Work Package{{Cite web|title=Participatory budgeting in the vulnerable community at Pata Rât|url=https://diviziadeinovare.ro/participatory-budgeting-in-the-vulnerable-community-at-pata-rat/|last=|first=|date=|website=Urban Innovation Unit|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125050038/https://diviziadeinovare.ro/participatory-budgeting-in-the-vulnerable-community-at-pata-rat/ |archive-date=2021-01-25 |access-date=2020-05-21}}
References
{{reflist}}
{{Metropolitan areas in Romania}}
Category:Geography of Cluj County
Category:Metropolitan areas of Romania
{{Cluj-geo-stub}}