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Ploieşti metropolitan area
Metropolitan area
Country	Romania
County	Prahova
Central Municipality	Ploieşti
Functional	Proposed
Area
• Total	478 km (185 sq mi)
Population
• Total	276,279
• Density	577/km (1,490/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	??wxyz
Area code	+ x??
w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks

Ploieşti metropolitan area is a proposed metropolitan area project, launched in 2003.

It will be formed from Ploieşti municipality and surrounding communities: Ariceștii Rahtivani, Bărcăneşti, Berceni, Blejoi, Brazi, Bucov, Păuleşti and Târgșoru Vechi.

As defined by Eurostat, the Ploiești functional urban area has a population of 294,468 residents (as of 2015).

References

1. "Population at 20 October 2011" (in Romanian). INSSE. 5 July 2013. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
2. "Ziarul PRAHOVA, 22".
3. "Ploiestiul isi pregateste o zona metropolitana". www.adevarul.ro. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
4. http://www.ploiesti.ro/patico.pdf Ploieşti metropolitan area - Project case study
5. "Population on 1 January by age groups and sex - functional urban areas". Eurostat. Retrieved 29 October 2017.

• Metropolitan areas of Romania
• Geography of Prahova County