The Cluj metropolitan area is a
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 ...
in
Cluj County
Cluj County (; german: Kreis Klausenburg, hu, Kolozs megye) is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Transylvania. Its seat ( ro, Oraș reședință de județ) is Cluj-Napoca (german: Klausenburg).
Name
In Hungarian, it is known as ''Kolozs megye ...
, which includes
Cluj-Napoca
; hu, kincses város)
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and 19 communes nearby:
Aiton,
Apahida
Apahida ( hu, Apahida; german: Bruckendorf; la, Pons Abbatis) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of eight villages: Apahida, Bodrog (''Bodrog''), Câmpenești, Corpadea (''Kolozskorpád''), Dezmir (''Dezmér''), Pat ...
,
Baciu
Baciu ( hu, Kisbács or ''Bács''; german: Botschendorf) is a commune in Cluj County, located in the region of Transylvania, in the northwestern part of Romania. Baciu lies a short distance from the county seat of Cluj-Napoca. It is composed of s ...
,
Bonțida
Bonțida (; hu, Bonchida, , transl. "Bonc's bridge"; german: Bonisbruck) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is known as the home of a Baroque castle owned by the Bánffy family (of which Miklós Bánffy was a member); partly ...
,
Borșa
Borșa (; Hungarian: ''Borsa'', German: ''Borscha'', yi, בורשא ''Borsha'') is a town in eastern Maramureș County, Maramureș, Romania, in the valley of the river Vișeu and near the Prislop Pass. Linking Transylvania to Bukovina, Prislop ...
,
Căianu
Căianu ( hu, Magyarkályán; german: Klandorf) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Bărăi (''Báré''), Căianu, Căianu Mic (''Kiskályán''), Căianu-Vamă (''Kályánivám''), Vaida-Cămăraș ...
,
Chinteni
Chinteni ( hu, Kajántó; german: Kallentau) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of nine villages: Chinteni, Deușu (''Diós''), Feiurdeni (''Fejérd''), Măcicașu (''Magyarmacskás''), Pădureni (''Fejérdi fogadók ...
,
Ciurila
Ciurila ( hu, Csurulye; german: Schiril) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of eight villages: Ciurila, Filea de Jos (''Alsófüle''), Filea de Sus (''Felsőfüle''), Pădureni (''Magyaróság''), Pruniș (''Magyars ...
,
Cojocna
Cojocna ( hu, Kolozs; german: Salzgrub, Klosmarkt) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of eight villages: Boj-Cătun (''Bósi alagút''), Boju (''Kolozsbós''), Cara (''Kolozskara''), Cojocna, Huci (''Cserealja''), Iu ...
,
Feleacu
Feleacu ( hu, Erdőfelek; german: Fleck) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, South ...
,
Florești,
Gilău,
Gârbau,
Jucu
Jucu ( hu, Zsuk; german: Schucken) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Gădălin (''Kötelend''), Juc-Herghelie (''Zsukiménes''), Jucu de Mijloc (''Nemeszsuk''), commune centre Jucu de Sus (''Fels ...
,
Petreștii de Jos
Petreștii de Jos ( hu, Magyarpeterd; german: Ungarisch-Petersdorf) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Crăești (''Pusztaszentkirály''), Deleni (''Indal''), Livada (''Tordaegres''), Petreștii d ...
,
Săvădisla
Săvădisla ( hu, Tordaszentlászló) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of eight villages: Finișel, Hășdate, Lita, Liteni, Săvădisla, Stolna, Vălișoara and Vlaha.
Demographics
At the 2011 census, 51.6% of ...
,
Sânpaul,
Tureni
Tureni ( hu, Tordatúr) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Ceanu Mic (''Pusztacsán''), Comșești (''Komjátszeg''), Mărtinești (''Pusztaszentmárton''), Micești (''Mikes'') and Tureni.
Dem ...
,
Vultureni.
The total area of the metropolitan area is , 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:
History
The Cluj Metropolitan Area was legally established in the fall of 2008 as an inter-community development association,
having as founders the municipality of
Cluj-Napoca
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, the
Cluj County
Cluj County (; german: Kreis Klausenburg, hu, Kolozs megye) is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Transylvania. Its seat ( ro, Oraș reședință de județ) is Cluj-Napoca (german: Klausenburg).
Name
In Hungarian, it is known as ''Kolozs megye ...
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
Săvădisla ( hu, Tordaszentlászló) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of eight villages: Finișel, Hășdate, Lita, Liteni, Săvădisla, Stolna, Vălișoara and Vlaha.
Demographics
At the 2011 census, 51.6% of ...
joined in.
Objectives
The objectives pursued by the Cluj Metropolitan Area Intercommunity Development Association are:
* 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
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...
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
References
Geography of Cluj County
Metropolitan areas of Romania
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