Lower Danube metropolitan area

Danube metropolitan area
Metropolitan area
Country Romania
CountyGalați County
Brăila County
Tulcea County
Central MunicipalitiesGalați, Brăila
Functionalproposed
Area
  Total
1,702.17 km2 (657.21 sq mi)
Population
 (2021 census)
  Total
441,801
  Density260/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
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Area code+ x??2
1w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address
2x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks

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, as of 2015 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.