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	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	60wxyz^1
Area code(s)	+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

According to Eurostat, in 2007 Bacău had a Larger Urban Zone of 196,435 residents, on an area of 102 km².^[2]

The Bacău metropolitan area is a proposed metropolitan area project that includes the urban area of Bacău and it would extend to Buhuși. It includes the communes of Letea Veche, Buhoci, Luizi-Călugăra, Săucești, Hemeiuș, Gârleni, Racova, Mărgineni, Măgura and others.^[3][4] If completed, the metropolitan would have an estimated population of 188,709 (as per 2011 census).

References

1. "Population at 20 October 2011" (in Romanian). INSSE. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
2. Urban Audit
3. "Metropolitan Area Bacau". ADL Bacău.
4. http://www.romanialibera.ro/index.php?page=13&aid=12166