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, and 15 nearby communes from Galați, Brăila and Tulcea counties. Together they have a population of 441,801 people, of whom 372,537 live in the cities of Galați and Brăila (as of 2021).
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 bridge (the Brăila Bridge) across the Danube connecting Brăila and Galați counties to Tulcea County, and a new airport in Braniștea-Schela area.
The metropolitan area has a border checkpoint to Moldova and Ukraine. Galați is located from Giurgiulești and from Reni.
Demographics
Subdivisions Name County Population (2011 census) Population (2021 census) Area (km2) Galați Galați 249,432 217,851 246.40 Braniștea Galați 3,972 3,956 61.95 Foltești Galați 3,057 3,262 69.00 Frumușița Galați 4,800 5,067 101.00 Independența Galați 4,375 4,371 67.45 Scânteiești Galați 2,490 2,283 50.23 Schela Galați 3,690 3,509 44.20 Smârdan Galați 4,810 5,342 131.57 Șendreni Galați 3,641 5,065 47.34 Tulucești Galați 7,200 6,407 77.23 Vânători Galați 4,864 6,926 44.93 Brăila Brăila 180,302 154,686 77.9 Chiscani Brăila 5,340 6,151 299.40 Vădeni Brăila 4,127 3,700 160.44 Măcin Tulcea 8,245 7,248 44 I. C. Brătianu Tulcea 1,187 1,143 48.77 Jijila Tulcea 5,312 4,834 130.36 Total - 496,844 441,801 1702.17
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