The Constanţa metropolitan area, is a metropolitan area

Metropolitan area

The term metropolitan area refers to a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories, sharing industry, infrastructure, and housing. A metropolitan area usually encompasses multiple jurisdictions and municipalities: neighborhoods, townships,...

, established in 2007, that includes the municipality of Constanţa

Constanta

Constanța is the oldest extant city in Romania, founded around 600 BC. The city is located in the Dobruja region of Romania, on the Black Sea coast. It is the capital of Constanța County and the largest city in the region....

, the cities of Năvodari

Navodari

Năvodari is a town in Constanţa County, region of Dobrogea, Romania, with a population of 32,400.-History:The settlement was mentioned for the first time in 1421 under the name Kara Koyun , to be renamed later on Karaköy or Carachioi...

, Ovidiu

Ovidiu

Ovidiu is a town situated a few kilometres north of Constanţa in the Constanţa County, south-eastern Romania. Ovidiu is quite small and many wealthy inhabitants of Constanţa retire there....

, Eforie

Eforie

Eforie : Băile Movilă, Carmen-Sylva, Vasile Roaită) is a town and a holiday resort on the Black Sea shore, in Constanţa County, Romania. It is located about 14 kilometers south of Constanţa...

, Murfatlar, Techirghiol

Techirghiol

-Etymology:The name is derived from the Turkish Tekirgöl which means "the lake of Tekir".According to a legend, a blind and crippled old man named Tekir and his old donkey reached the shore of the lake by mistake...

 and 8 communes: (Mihail Kogălniceanu

Mihail Kogalniceanu, Constanta

Mihail Kogălniceanu is a commune in Constanţa County, Romania, and is located 25 km northwest of Constanţa proper. The commune includes three villages:* Mihail Kogălniceanu - historical names: Kara Murat , Bulgari and Ferdinand I* Palazu Mic...

, Cumpăna

Cumpana

Cumpăna is a commune in Constanţa County, Romania.-History:The village was mentioned under the name Haşiduluc for the first time in 1870 by Ion Ionescu de la Brad in his work "Excursion agricole dans la plaine de la Dobroudja"...

, Valu lui Traian

Valu lui Traian, Constanta

Valu lui Traian is a commune in Constanţa County, Romania.The commune was established in 1897, under the name Hasancea. In 1925 it was renamed Valu lui Traian , after the vallum located nearby...

, Lumina

Lumina, Constanta

Lumina is a commune in Constanţa County, Romania.The commune includes three villages:* Lumina * Oituz - named after Oituz...

, Tuzla

Tuzla, Constanta

Tuzla is a commune in Constanţa County, Romania, including the village with the same name. Its name means "salty" in Turkish....

, Agigea

Agigea

Agigea is a commune in Constanţa County, Romania. The commune includes two villages: Agigea and Lazu ....

, Corbu

Corbu, Constanta

Corbu is a commune in Constanţa County, Romania.The commune includes three villages:* Corbu * Luminiţa * Vadu...

 and Poarta Albă

Poarta Alba

Poarta Albă is a commune in Constanţa County, Romania. It has a population of 4,790, according to the 2002 census, of which 97% Romanians and most of the rest Turks and Tatars...

). It has a population of 446,595 in an area consisting of 16% of Constanţa County

Constanta County

Constanța is the name of a county in the Dobruja region of Romania. Its capital city is also named Constanța.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 715,151 and the population density was 101/km². The degree of urbanization is much higher than the Romanian average. In recent years the...

.

Such administrative arrangement existed in an approximative similarity before 1989, when Constanţa Municipality included also the city of Mangalia

Mangalia

Mangalia , is a city and a port on the coast of the Black Sea in the south-east of Constanţa County, Romania.The municipality of Mangalia also administers several summer time seaside resorts: Cap Aurora, Jupiter, Neptun, Olimp, Saturn, Venus.-History:...

 and the communes 23 August

23 August, Constanta

23 August is a commune in Constanţa County, Romania. The commune includes three villages:* 23 August - named after the day of the 1944 royal coup d'état...

 and Limanu

Limanu

-Villages:The commune includes four villages:* Limanu * 2 Mai* Hagieni * Vama Veche -2 Mai:...

, together with all the summer resorts located between 23 August and Mangalia (the so-called "Mangalia Nord" resorts area).

However this administrative reform exists only on paper, nothing being done so far to put this decision into practice (e.g. unified local administration and transportation).