Cluj-Napoca metropolitan area

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.

Cluj Metropolitan Area
Metropolitan area
Coordinates: 46°46′N 23°35′E
Country	Romania
County	Cluj County
Central Municipality	Cluj-Napoca
Other localities	Aiton, Apahida, Baciu, Bonţida, Borşa, Căianu, Chinteni, Ciurila, Cojocna, Feleacu, Floreşti, Gârbău, Gilău, Jucu, Săvădisla, Sânpaul, Tureni, Vultureni
Functional	2008
Area
• Total	1,603 km^2 (619 sq mi)
Population  (418,153)
• Total	418,153
• Density	268/km^2 (690/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	40wxyz^1
Area code(s)	+40 x64^2
Website	http://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 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. "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.