Lower Danube metropolitan area

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 10 km from Giurgiulești and 20 km from Reni.