Iași metropolitan area
{{Short description|Metropolitan area of Romania}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{ROU}}
| subdivision_type1 = County
| subdivision_name1 = Iași
| subdivision_type2 = Central Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Iași
| subdivision_type3 = Other localities
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| timezone = EET
| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = EEST
| utc_offset_DST = +3
| settlement_type = Metropolitan area
| established_title = Functional
| established_date = 2004
| area_total_km2 = 1,159
| population_total = 423,154
| population_density_km2 = 366
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| population_as_of = 2021 census
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| coordinates = {{coord|47|9|44|N|27|35|20|E|region:RO|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type = Postal Code
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| area_code = +40 x32{{efn|x 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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The Iași metropolitan area is a metropolitan association in Iași County, Romania. It consists of the municipality of Iași and 19 nearby communes.
Geography
With an area of {{Convert|1159|km2|sqmi}}, the Iași metropolitan area occupies 21.2% of Iași County's total area of {{Convert|5476|km2|sqmi}}.
History
Iași metropolitan area was constituted on 8 April 2004, to create a better business environment, to attract more consistent investments and to better coordinate environmental and infrastructure projects.{{Cn|date=May 2024}}
Demographics
Per the 2021 census, the Iași metropolitan area has 423,154 inhabitants, 55.6% of Iași County's total population of 760,774.{{cite web |date=31 May 2023 |title=Population at 2021 Census |url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls |publisher=INSSE |language=Romanian}}
As defined by Eurostat, with 500,668 residents ({{as of|2018|lc=y}}), the Iași functional urban area is the second most populous in Romania (after Bucharest).{{cite web |title=Population on 1 January by age groups and sex - functional urban areas |url=http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/cities/data/database |access-date=7 October 2020 |publisher=Eurostat}}{{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 }}
|2002 | 422770
|2011 | 403572
|2021 | 423154
}}
Transportation
Iași is served by Iași International Airport.
Major roads in Iași are national roads DN24 and DN28, which are both part of European routes E58 and E583. CTP Iași offers transport services for the Iași Metropolitan Public Transport Association (Asociația Metropolitană de Transport Public Iași; AMTPI).{{cite web | language = Romanian | url = https://infoiasionline.ro/transportul-metropolitan-iasi-este-functional-vezi-care-sunt-traseele-si-tarifele/ | title = Transportul metropolitan IAȘI este funcțional! Vezi care sunt traseele și tarifele | website = infoiasionline.ro | date = 2023-01-03}}
Communities
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References
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External links
- [http://www.zmi.ro/en/iasi_metropolitan_area.html Official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017095315/http://www.zmi.ro/en/iasi_metropolitan_area.html |date=2010-10-17 }}
- [https://is.prefectura.mai.gov.ro/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2018/12/CDS-dec-2018-INFO-TEMA-1-1.pdf Population of the Iași metropolitan area: volume, structures and demographic processes]
- [https://www.amtpi.ro/ Iași Metropolitan Public Transport Association official website]
{{Metropolitan Areas in Romania}}
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Category:Geography of Iași County
Category:Metropolitan areas of Romania
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