The Danube metropolitan area or Galați–Brăila metropolitan area is a proposed metropolitan area project in

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

. It would be formed from the cities of Galați and Brăila. Together they have a population of about 430,000 people. As defined by Eurostat, the Galați

functional urban area The larger urban zone (LUZ), or functional urban area (FUA), is a measure of the population and expanse of metropolitan and surrounding areas which may or may not be exclusively urban. It consists of a city and its commuting zone outside it. Th ...

has a population of 322,501 residents, whilst the Brăila functional urban area has a population of 217,645 residents.

Overview

If completed, it would represent one of the largest

metropolitan areas in Romania Metropolitan areas in Romania are private agencies of public utility which were established by Law no. 351 of 6 July 2001 with the aim of encouraging the development of neighboring towns and communes within a radius of 30 km. The first to be establ ...

. Several major infrastructure projects have been proposed, or are being actively built: the Brăila–Galați Expressway, a new airport in Vădeni, and a bridge (the Brăila Bridge) across the

Danube The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , p ...

connecting Brăila and Galați counties to

Tulcea County Tulcea County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in the historical region Dobruja, with the capital city at Tulcea. It includes in its northeast corner the large and thinly-populated estuary of the Danube. Demographics In 2011, Tulcea Co ...

. The metropolitan area has a border checkpoint to Moldova and

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. Galați is located from Giurgiulești and from Reni.

Settlements

References

Brăila Galați Metropolitan areas of Romania Geography of Brăila County Geography of Galați County {{romania-geo-stub