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Bucharest Metropolitan Area
Metropolitan area
Bucharest skyline
Bucharest (in red) and Ilfov county (in orange)
Country	Romania
County	Ilfov, Călărași, Ialomița, Dâmbovița, Giurgiu
Largest city	Bucharest
Component localities	40 (first stage) 62 (intermediate stage)
Functional	2016-2017
Area
• Total	2,011 km (776 sq mi)
Population
• Total	2,402,163 (first stage)
• Density	1,200/km (3,000/sq mi)
GDP
• Metro	€66.0 billion
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	0 S NNNN
Area code	+40 x1
Website	BMA official site
S is the number of the Sector, and NNNN is used to differentiate between streets and/or subzones. x 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 2.4 million, only slightly larger than that of the city proper (2,0 million). It would also be a member of the METREX network.

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

History

The "Metropolitan Area" project has been initiated in 2003.A survey in 2008 showed that about 70% of the population of the area favors the project. The city proper has now 228 km, but the metropolitan zone would reach 1,800 km in a first phase. A possible name for it will probably be "Greater Bucharest".

In an initial stage, the zone would include Bucharest and Ilfov County. Then, there are several plans to further increase the "Metropolitan Area of Bucharest" to about 20 times the area of the city proper (from 228 km to 5,046 km). It would include 6 cities and 87 communes from the Ilfov, Giurgiu and Călărași counties, and would extend all the way towards the border with Bulgaria in the south, and towards the Prahova County in the north. In an intermediate stage, the extension of the zone would include 62 out of the proposed 93 candidate localities. The "Bucharest Metropolitan Area" may become the biggest port on the Danube upon completion of the Danube–Bucharest Canal.

The enlarged "Metropolitan Area" Council will have 105 councilors, twice as many are now, and the Government will appoint a governor, a position which would be homologized to the prefect of Bucharest.

Subdivisions

Economy

In 2020 Bucharest's gross metropolitan product was €61 billion. This puts Bucharest in 37th place among cities in European Union.

References

1. ^ "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.
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.
11. ^ Archived August 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
12. "Zona Metropolitana Bucuresti ar urma sa se intinda pana la Dunare" (in Romanian)
13. "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat".

External links

• springerlink.com
• (in Romanian) "Metropolitan Zone of Bucharest will be ready in 10 years" Archived 2008-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
• (in Romanian) "Official site of Metropolitan Zone of Bucharest Project"
• 9am.ro Archived 2007-07-09 at the Wayback Machine
• wall-street.ro
• romanialibera.ro Archived 2008-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
• The Bucharest Metropolitan Area (PDF)

v t e Transport in Bucharest
Operators	Metro Metrorex Bus STB STV Ecotrans STCM Regio Serv Transport Tram and Trolleybus STB
Mass transit	Metro  M1   M2   M3   M4   M5   M6  (planned)  M7  (planned) List of Bucharest metro stations Bus Bus routes Night Buses Tram Tram routes Light rail Trolleybus Trolleybus routes
Rail	Stations Bucharest North Basarab Băneasa Bucharest South/Cățelu Titan Sud Bucharest East/Obor [ro] Bucharest Carpați Bucharest Triaj Bucharest West Bucureștii Noi Pajura Pantelimon South Gara Progresul [ro] Operators Astra Trans Carpatic CFR Călători Regio Călători Softrans Transferoviar Călători
Roads	Motorways A0 A1 A2 A3 A5 (planned) Expressways DEx2 (planned) National roads DN1 DN1A DN2 DN3 DN4 DN5 DN6 DN7 DNCB Ring roads Motorway A0 National road DNCB County roads DJ200 DJ200A DJ200B DJ300 DJ301 DJ301A DJ301B DJ401 DJ401D DJ503 DJ601 DJ601A DJ602 Local roads DC13 DC18 DC21 DC22 DC24 DC27 DC55 DC77A DC101 DC121 DC122 European routes E60 E70 E81 E85
Air	Airports Henri Coandă International Airport Aurel Vlaicu International Airport Clinceni Airfield (leisure and air-school)
Cycling	Cycling in Bucharest
Water	Colentina River: Lake Herăstrău (leisure boats only) Lacul Morii (water-sports only) Danube–Bucharest Canal (construction halted in 1990)

• Geography of Bucharest
• Metropolitan areas of Romania