Cluj-Napoca metropolitan area

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Cluj Metropolitan Area
Metropolitan area
Cluj Metro Area Map.png
Coordinates: 46°46′N 23°35′E / 46.767°N 23.583°E / 46.767; 23.583Coordinates: 46°46′N 23°35′E / 46.767°N 23.583°E / 46.767; 23.583
Country Romania
County Cluj County
Central MunicipalityCluj-Napoca
Other localitiesAiton, Apahida, Baciu, Bonţida, Borşa, Căianu, Chinteni, Ciurila, Cojocna, Feleacu, Floreşti, Gârbău, Gilău, Jucu, Săvădisla, Sânpaul, Tureni, Vultureni
Functional2008
Area
 • Total1,603 km2 (619 sq mi)
Population
 (418,153)
 • Total418,153
 • Density268/km2 (690/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
40wxyz1
Area code(s)+40 x642
Websitehttp://www.adizmc.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 Cluj metropolitan area is a metropolitan area in Cluj County, which includes Cluj-Napoca and 19 communes nearby: Aiton, Apahida, Baciu, Bonțida, Borșa, Căianu, Chinteni, Ciurila, Cojocna, Feleacu, Florești, Gilău, Gârbau, Jucu, Petreștii de Jos, Săvădisla, Sânpaul, Tureni, Vultureni.

The total area of the metropolitan area is 1,603 square kilometres (619 sq mi), which comprises 24% of the territory of Cluj County. The population of the 20 administrative units totals 418,153 people, of whom 324,576 live in Cluj-Napoca.

Population[]

According to the 2011 census, this is the population of each of the administrative units that comprise the Cluj Metropolitan Area:[1]

Administrative unit Inhabitants Romanians Hungarians Roma
Cluj-Napoca 324576 249002 49425 824
Florești 22813 17578 3258 730
Apahida 10685 9493 408 75
Baciu 10317 6580 3095 325
Gilău 8300 7141 706 109
Bonțida 4856 3613 765 297
Săvădisla 4392 1975 2264 60
Jucu 4270 3608 501 21
Cojocna 4194 2826 689 387
Feleacu 3923 2932 891 4
Chinteni 3065 2370 539 10
Gârbău 2440 1248 1075 49
Sânpaul 2382 1972 22 261
Căianu 2355 1431 852 -
Tureni 2278 1633 562 5
Borșa 1600 1431 107 18
Ciurila 1594 1500 18 *
Vultureni 1516 1273 165 36
Petreștii de Jos 1512 1446 3 4
Aiton 1085 918 118 -
Total 418153 319970 65463 3215

History[]

The Cluj Metropolitan Area was legally established in the fall of 2008 as an inter-community development association,[2] having as founders the municipality of Cluj-Napoca, the Cluj County Council and 17 communes in the vicinity of Cluj. In 2009, the commune of Sânpaul joined the metropolitan area, and in 2016, the commune of Săvădisla joined in.

Objectives[]

The objectives pursued by the Cluj Metropolitan Area Intercommunity Development Association are:[2]

  • Enhancing knowledge-based economic competitiveness;
  • The development and upgrading of transport infrastructure;
  • To protect and improve the quality of the environment;
  • Human resources development, employment growth and the fight against social exclusion;
  • The development of the rural economy and the increase of productivity in the agricultural sector;  
  • Balanced participation to the socio-economic development process for all the administrative units of the Cluj Metropolitan Area.

Projects[]

The Cluj Metropolitan Area, as a leader or partner, has carried out or runs a number of projects with European Union funding or from EEA and Norwegian Grants. They include:

  • “European Digital Citizens” (Eudigit)
  • URBforDAN. Management and Use of Urban Foreres as Natural Heritage in Danube Cities
  • The Lab Cluj. Metropolitan Laboratory for Social Innovation
  • Pata 2. Replicable integrated interventions for inclusive housing and combating marginalisation in Cluj Metropolitan Area
  • Cluj Future of Work, „Informal Work” Work Package[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor, 2011. Rezultate definitive, Tabelul 10. Populaţia stabilă după limba maternă – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune". Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  2. ^ a b "Despre noi". Zona Metropolitană Cluj. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  3. ^ "Participatory budgeting in the vulnerable community at Pata Rât". Urban Innovation Unit. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
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