Oradea metropolitan area ( or short ZMO) is a metropolitan area located in Western Romania, in the County of Bihor, CriÃÂana, Transylvania, Romania and was founded on 9 May 2005.
According to Eurostat, in 2007 Oradea had a larger urban zone of 218,518 residents on an area of . , the Oradea functional urban area has a population of 239,390 residents.
The metropolitan area comprises the city of Oradea and 12 adjacent communes:
In 2011, the population of the metropolitan area was 235,462.
The population structure comprises:
The Oradea metropolitan area is a member of the METREX EU network.