The Danube metropolitan area or GalaÃÂiâÂÂBrÃÂila metropolitan area is a proposed metropolitan area project in Romania. It would be formed from the cities of GalaÃÂi and BrÃÂila, and 15 nearby communes from GalaÃÂi, BrÃÂila and Tulcea counties. Together they have a population of 441,801 people, of whom 372,537 live in the cities of GalaÃÂi and BrÃÂila (as of 2021).
As defined by Eurostat, the GalaÃÂi functional urban area has a population of 322,501 residents, whilst the BrÃÂila functional urban area has a population of 217,645 residents.
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 BrÃÂilaâÂÂGalaÃÂi Expressway, a bridge (the BrÃÂila Bridge) across the Danube connecting BrÃÂila and GalaÃÂi counties to Tulcea County, and a new airport in BraniÃÂtea-Schela area.
The metropolitan area has a border checkpoint to Moldova and Ukraine. GalaÃÂi is located from GiurgiuleÃÂti and from Reni.