The Bacău metropolitan area is a proposed

metropolitan area A metropolitan area or metro is a region that consists of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing. A metro area usually com ...

project that includes the urban area of Bacău. It includes the communes of

Letea Veche Letea Veche is a commune in Bacău County, Western Moldavia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, H ...

Buhoci Buhoci is a commune in Bacău County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Bijghir, Buhocel, Buhoci, Coteni and Dospinești. The village of Buhoci is to the east of the city of Bacău. Natives * Ioan Borcea Ioan Borcea ...

Luizi-Călugăra Luizi-Călugăra ( hu, Lujzikalagor) is a commune in Bacău County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Luizi-Călugăra and Osebiți. History and demographics Luizi-Călugăra was established in the 18th century by Hungar ...

, Săucești,

Hemeiuș Hemeiuș is a Commune in Romania, commune in Bacău County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Fântânele, Hemeiuș, and Lilieci. Princess Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg, Princess Sophie of Albania died in Fântânele ...

Gârleni Gârleni ( hu, Gerlény) is a commune in Bacău County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Gârleni, Gârlenii de Sus (''Rácsila''; the commune residence), Lespezi (''Lészped'') and Șurina. At the 2002 census, 98.7% of ...

Racova Racova is a commune in Bacău County, Western Moldavia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hunga ...

, Mărgineni, Măgura and others, and would extend to the town of

Buhuși Buhuși (; hu, Buhus; yi, באהוש, Bohush) is a town in Bacău County, Romania with a population of 14,562 (2011). It was first mentioned in the 15th century when it was named "Bodești" and was a property of an important family of Boyars na ...

. If completed, the metropolitan would have an estimated population of 188,709 (as per 2011 census). According to

Eurostat Eurostat ('European Statistical Office'; DG ESTAT) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission located in the Kirchberg, Luxembourg, Kirchberg quarter of Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Eurostat's main responsibilities are to provide statis ...

, in 2007 Bacău had a larger urban zone of 196,435 residents, on an area of 102 km². , the Bacău functional urban area has a population of 224,745 residents.

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Bacău County Metropolitan areas of Romania {{Bacău-geo-stub