Metropolitan areas in Romania
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Legislative status
The 2001 legislation regulates the status of the 319 cities in Romania according to their population and regional importance (Law no. 351 of 6 July 2001):
- rank 0 – the capital of Romania, municipality of European importance;
- rank I – municipalities of national importance, with potential influence at European level;
- rank II – municipalities of inter-county or county importance or with a balancing role in the network of localities;
- rank III – towns.
Legislation also restricts the possibility to engage into a metropolitan area project to only those cities that are of rank 0 or I. The metropolitan areas are thus organized as legal entities without legal personality, being able to function on a perimeter independent of the limits of the administrative-territorial units, established by mutual agreement by the local public administration authorities. Legislation was amended in 2011 to allow county seat municipalities to form metropolitan areas in association with urban and rural localities in their immediate vicinity (i.e., up to 30 km from the main city).
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Constituted metropolitan areas
Disbanded metropolitan area Metropolitan area not member of the Romanian Federation of Metropolitan Areas and Urban Agglomerations (FZMAUR)
Planned metropolitan areas
Conurbations
- Baia Mare–Satu Mare (estimated population: 400,000)
- Bucharest–Ploiești–Târgoviște (estimated population: 3 million)
- Lower Danube (Galați–Brăila) (estimated population: 580,000)
- Prahova Valley (Câmpina–Predeal) |(estimated population: 150,000)
- Suceava–Botoșani (estimated population: 300,000)
- Timișoara–Arad (estimated population: 805,000)
Functional urban areas
In the EU, as defined by Eurostat, a functional urban area (FUA) – formerly known as larger urban zone (LUZ) – consists of a city and its commuting zone.