Craiova metropolitan area

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| official_name = Craiova metropolitan area

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| image_map = Craiova Metropolitan Area in Romania.jpg

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{ROU}}

| subdivision_type1 = County

| subdivision_name1 = Dolj

| subdivision_type2 = Central Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Craiova

| subdivision_type3 = Other cities

| subdivision_name3 = Filiași, Segarcea

| subdivision_type4 = Other localities

| subdivision_name4 = Almăj, Brădești, Breasta, Bucovăț, Calopăr, Cârcea, Coșoveni, Coțofenii din Față, Ghercești, Ișalnița, Malu Mare, Mischii, Murgași, Pielești, Predești, Șimnicu de Sus, Teasc, Terpezița, Țuglui, Vârvoru de Jos, Vela

| timezone = EET

| utc_offset = +2

| timezone_DST = EEST

| utc_offset_DST = +3

| settlement_type = Metropolitan area

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| established_title = Functional

| established_date = 2009

| area_total_km2 = 1498.6

| population_total = 356,544

| population_density_km2 = 238

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| population_as_of = 2011 census

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| postal_code_type = Postal Code

| postal_code = ??wxyz¹

| area_code = + x??²

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| 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

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Craiova metropolitan area is a metropolitan area, founded on 11 February 2009, and formed by Craiova and other 23 other nearby communities. The population of this area is 356,544.{{cite web | url = http://www.metropolacraiova.ro/ro/date-generale/ | title = Date generale << Metropola Craiova | language = Romanian | access-date = 2016-02-27 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170321035247/http://www.metropolacraiova.ro/ro/date-generale/ | archive-date = 2017-03-21 | url-status = dead }}

As defined by Eurostat, the Craiova functional urban area has a population of 325,499 residents ({{as of|2015|lc=y}}).{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/cities/data/database | title=Population on 1 January by age groups and sex – functional urban areas | access-date=29 October 2017 | publisher=Eurostat}}