Timișoara metropolitan area

Timișoara metropolitan area
Metropolitan area
Country	Romania
County	Timiș
Central Municipality	Timişoara
Functional	2012
Area
• Total	1.281,69 km^2 (0.49486 sq mi)
Population (2011 census[1])
• Total	393.321
• Density	344/km^2 (890/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	30wxyz^1
Area code(s)	+40 x40^2
^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

Communes in the proposed metropolitan zone

According to Eurostat, in 2007, Timişoara had a Larger Urban Zone of 329,555 residents on an area of 168 km².^[2]

The Metropolitan Zone of Timișoara is an undergoing project for the creation of an administrative unit to integrate Timişoara with the nearby communes: Dumbrăviţa, Ghiroda, Moșnița Nouă, Giroc, Sânmihaiu Român, Săcălaz, Sânandrei, Giarmata, Orțișoara, Remetea Mare, Şag and Parța.

Statistics

Name	Population (2002 census)*	Population (2011 census) [1]	Area (km²)**	density (/km²)**
Timişoara	317,651	319,279	130,51	2,446.58
Becicherecu Mic	2.417	2.853	61,42	46,45
Bucovăț	1.410	1.601	32,35	49,49
Dudeștii Noi	2.395	3.179	53,96	58,91
Dumbrăviţa	2,672	7,522	18.98	396,31
Ghiroda	4.907	6.200	34.13	181,65
Giarmata	5.407	6.502	71.50	90,53
Giroc	4.295	8.833	55.28	151,73
Moşniţa Nouă	4.298	6.203	66.37	93,46
Orţişoara	4.080	4.190	145.63	28.77
Pișchia	3.006	3.051	123,61	24,68
Remetea Mare	2.111	2.302	105.41	21,83
Șag	2.759	3.009	95,39	47,27
Săcălaz	6.242	7.209	119.49	60,29
Sânandrei	5,317	5,717	92.40	61,87
Sânmihaiu Român	4,389	6,121	75.26	81,33
Total	373.356	393.321	1.281,69	344,8

Notes

1. "Population at 20 October 2011" (in Romanian). INSSE. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
2. Urban Audit

External links

• Consiliul Judeţean Timiş