| Official Name: | Bacău metropolitan area |
| Subdivision Type3: | Other localities |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Settlement Type: | Metropolitan area |
| Established Title: | Functional |
| Established Date: | proposed |
| Area Total Km2: | 700.47 |
| Population Total: | 188,709 |
| Population Density Km2: | 269 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 census[1] |
| Postal Code: | 60wxyz1 |
| Area Code: | +40 x342 |
| Footnotes: | 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 Bacău metropolitan area is a proposed metropolitan area project that includes the urban area of Bacău. It includes the communes of Letea Veche, Buhoci, Luizi-Călugăra, Săucești, Hemeiuș, Gârleni, Racova, Mărgineni, Măgura and others, and would extend to the town of Buhuși.[2] [3] If completed, the metropolitan would have an estimated population of 188,709 (as per 2011 census).
According to Eurostat, in 2007 Bacău had a larger urban zone of 196,435 residents, on an area of 102 km2.[4], the Bacău functional urban area has a population of 224,745 residents.[5]