Oradea metropolitan area

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| official_name = Oradea metropolitan area

| image_skyline = Oradea Night from Ciuperca Hill.jpg

| image_caption = Oradea skyline at night

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{ROU}}

| subdivision_type1 = County

| subdivision_name1 = Bihor

| subdivision_type2 = Central Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Oradea

| subdivision_type3 = Other localities

| subdivision_name3 = Biharia, Borş, Cetariu, Nojorid, Oșorhei, Paleu, Sânmartin, Sântandrei

| 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 = 2005

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| population_total = 235,462

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| population_as_of = 2011 census{{cite web | url = http://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sR_TAB_3.xlsx | title = Population at 20 October 2011 | date = 5 July 2013 | accessdate = 9 July 2013 | publisher = INSSE | language = Romanian}}

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| postal_code_type = Postal Code

| postal_code = 41wxyz1

| area_code = +40 x592

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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

| website = http://www.zmo.ro/

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Oradea metropolitan area ({{langx|ro|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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.zmo.ro/romana/Despre-noi.html |title=About |access-date=2010-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606232908/http://www.zmo.ro/romana/Despre-noi.html |archive-date=2010-06-06 |url-status=dead }}

According to Eurostat, in 2007 Oradea had a larger urban zone of 218,518 residents on an area of {{cvt|125|km2}}.[http://www.urbanaudit.org/index.aspx Urban Audit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531065821/http://www.urbanaudit.org/index.aspx |date=2013-05-31 }} {{as of|2015}}, the Oradea functional urban area has a population of 239,390 residents.{{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 | accessdate=29 October 2017 | publisher=Eurostat}}

File: Oradea sunset.jpg

Composition

The metropolitan area comprises the city of Oradea and 12 adjacent communes:

Population and ethnic structure

In 2011, the population of the metropolitan area was 235,462.

The population structureZona Metropolitană Oradea: [http://www.zmo.ro/content/editor/File/raport.pdf Raportul de activitate 2005–2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009040824/http://www.zmo.ro/content/editor/File/raport.pdf |date=2007-10-09 }} comprises:

Membership

The Oradea metropolitan area is a member of the METREX EU network.{{Cite web |url=http://www.eurometrex.org/ENT1/EN/Members/member_profile.asp?Metro=Oradea |title=METREX - the Network of European Metropolitan Regions and Areas |access-date=2009-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726042140/http://www.eurometrex.org/ENT1/EN/Members/member_profile.asp?Metro=Oradea |archive-date=2011-07-26 |url-status=dead }}

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