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Geodemographical resources offer a complex image over the evolution of the human factor and its dynamic. Their analyses are extremely important from the point of view of settlements. In the case of Cluj-Napoca and its suburban area the population represents one of the major factors of territorial changes. In the simplified way suburbanization signifies the migration of the population and the economical factors from the centre of the city towards the periphery and the surrounding villages. Suburban villages maintain strong and daily relations with the urban centre. The suburban area of Cluj-Napoca is represented by a more extended area, the Cluj-Napoca Metropolitan Area, which was delimited by the County Council and the local councils. In the complete analyses of the suburban processes and phenomenons geodemographical resources have a vital role. Population dynamics and its structure present interesting values in different periods of time. In analyzing these structures I used statistical data offered by the National Statistical Institute and other sources.

Keywords: Metropolitan Area, suburbanization, geodemographical resources, population structure.