The Danube metropolitan area or Galați–Brăila metropolitan area is a proposed metropolitan area project in Romania. 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 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. Several major infrastructure projects have been proposed, or are being actively built: the Brăila–Galați Expressway, a new airport in Vădeni, Brăila, Vădeni, and a bridge (the Brăila Bridge) across the Danube connecting Brăila County, Brăila and Galați County, Galați counties to Tulcea County. The metropolitan area has a Moldova–Romania border crossings, border checkpoint to Moldova and Ukraine. Galați is located from Giurgiulești and from Reni, Ukraine, Reni.

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