Constanța metropolitan area

Constanţa metropolitan area
Metropolitan area
Country  Romania
County Constanța
Central Municipality Constanţa
Cities Năvodari, Ovidiu, Eforie, Murfatlar, Techirghiol
Other localities Mihail Kogălniceanu, Cumpăna, Valu lui Traian, Lumina, Tuzla, Agigea, Corbu, Poarta Albă
Functional 2007
Area
 • Total 1,013.5 km2 (391.3 sq mi)
Population (2011 census[1])
 • Total 425,916
 • Density 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code 90wxyz1
Area code(s) +40 x412
Website http://www.zmc.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 Constanţa metropolitan area, is a metropolitan area, established in 2007, that includes the municipality of Constanţa, the towns of Năvodari, Ovidiu, Eforie, Murfatlar, Techirghiol and 8 communes: Mihail Kogălniceanu, Cumpăna, Valu lui Traian, Lumina, Tuzla, Agigea, Corbu and Poarta Albă. It has a population of 425,916,[1] in an area consisting of 16% of Constanţa County.

Such administrative arrangement existed in an approximative similarity before 1989, when Constanţa Municipality included also the city of Mangalia and the communes 23 August and Limanu, together with all the summer resorts located between 23 August and Mangalia (the so-called "Mangalia Nord" resorts area).

However this administrative reform exists only on paper, nothing being done so far to put this decision into practice (e.g. unified local administration and transportation).

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Population at 20 October 2011" (in Romanian). INSSE. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.

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