Iași Metropolitan Area | |
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Metropolitan area | |
Coordinates: 47°9′44″N 27°35′20″E / 47.16222°N 27.58889°ECoordinates: 47°9′44″N 27°35′20″E / 47.16222°N 27.58889°E | |
Country | Romania |
County | Iași |
Central Municipality | Iași |
Functional | 2004 |
Area | |
• Total | 808 km2 (312 sq mi) |
Population (2011 census) | |
• Total | 382,484 |
• Density | 473/km2 (1,230/sq mi) |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Postal Code | 70wxyz1 |
Area code(s) | +40 x322 |
Website | http://www.zmi.ro/ |
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 |
The Iași Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan area in Iași County, Romania, that includes the municipality of Iași and 13 nearby communes.
It has a total surface of 808 km² (14.75%) of the 5,476 km² that the county has, and a population of 382,484 inhabitants (49.5%) out of the 772,348 in the county (as per 2011 census). As of 2014[update], with 464,711 residents, Iași urban area is the second most populous in Romania (after Bucharest).
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.