Satu Mare metropolitan area

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Satu Mare Metropolitan Area
Metropolitan Area
Coordinates: 47°47′N 22°52′E / 47.783°N 22.867°E / 47.783; 22.867
Country	Romania
County	Satu Mare
Central Municipality	Satu Mare
Functional	April 26, 2013
Area
• Total	2,251.09 km2 (869.15 sq mi)
Population
• Total	233,306
• Density	103.6/km2 (268/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	44xyz
Area code	+40 x612

The Satu Mare Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan area of Romania founded on April 26, 2013 around Satu Mare, the capital city of Satu Mare County. It has a population of 233,306 and, besides Satu Mare, it includes four cities and towns (Carei, Ardud, Livada, and Tășnad), as well as 26 communes.

As defined by Eurostat, the Satu Mare functional urban area has a population of 149,387 residents (as of 2015^[update]).^[1]