Oradea metropolitan area (Romanian: Zona Metropolitană Oradea or short ZMO) is a metropolitan area located in Western Romania, in the County of Bihor, Crișana, Transylvania, Romania and was founded on 9 May 2005.

[2] According to Eurostat, in 2007 Oradea had a larger urban zone of 218,518 residents on an area of 125 km2 (48 sq mi).

[3] As of 2015[update], the Oradea functional urban area has a population of 239,390 residents.

[4] The metropolitan area comprises the city of Oradea and 11 adjacent communes: In 2011, the population of the metropolitan area was 235,462.

[1] The population structure[5] comprises: The Oradea metropolitan area is a member of the METREX EU network.