Bucharest metropolitan area

Bucharest Metropolitan Area
Metropolitan area
Bucharest skyline
Bucharest skyline
Bucharest (in red) and Ilfov county (in orange)
Bucharest (in red) and Ilfov county (in orange)
Country Romania
CountyIlfov, Călărași, Ialomița, Dâmbovița, Giurgiu
Largest cityBucharest
Component localities40 (first stage)
62 (intermediate stage)[1]
Functional2016[2]-2017[3]
Area
(first stage)[1]
 • Total
1,811 km2 (699 sq mi)
Population
 (2011 census)[1][4][5]
 • Total
2,272,163 (first stage)
 • Density1,254/km2 (3,250/sq mi)
GDP
[6][7]
 • Metro€66.0 billion
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
0 S NNNN1
Area code+40 x12
WebsiteBMA official site
1S is the number of the Sector, and NNNN is used to differentiate between streets and/or subzones.
2x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks.

The Bucharest Metropolitan Area (Romanian: Zona Metropolitană București) is a metropolitan area project formally established since 2016 that includes Bucharest, the capital city of Romania, and surrounding communes. If completed, it would have a population of about 2.3 million,[8] only slightly larger than that of the city proper (1.9 million). It would also be a member of the METREX network.[9]

According to Eurostat, Bucharest has a functional urban area of 2,412,530 residents (as of 2015).[10]

  1. ^ a b c "Map of the BMA". 13 June 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  2. ^ "BMA will be extended to the Danube". 13 June 2011. Archived from the original on 17 May 2016.
  3. ^ "BMA ready in 10 years". 7 May 2007. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Population at 20 October 2011" (in Romanian). INSSE. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "ZONA METROPOLITANĂ BUCUREŞTI ÎN CIFRE Capitala ar câştiga peste 430.000 de locuitori". adevarul.ro. 13 June 2011. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
  6. ^ "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". www.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by metropolitan regions". ec.europa.eu.
  8. ^ "Adevarul: The BMZ in numbers". Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  9. ^ "METREX - The Network of European Metropolitan Regions and Areas". Eurometrex.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
  10. ^ "Population on 1 January by age groups and sex - functional urban areas". Eurostat. Retrieved 29 October 2017.