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Lower Danube metropolitan area — Metropolitan area — Country Romania County Galaţi
BrăilaCentral Municipalities Galați, Brăila Functional proposed Population – Metro ~600,000 Time zone EET (UTC+2) – Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3) Postal Code ??wxyz1 Area code(s) + 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 networksThe Lower Danube metropolitan area or Galaţi-Brăila metropolitan area is a proposed metropolitan area project. It will be formed from the cities of Galaţi and Brăila in Romania.[1][2] Together they have a population of about 600,000 people. An alternate name could be Lower Danube.[3]
Overview
If completed, it would represent the second-largest metropolitan zone in Romania after Bucharest. Motorways, a new airport in Vădeni, and a bridge across the Danube connecting the Brăila-Galaţi metropolitan area to Tulcea have been proposed.[4]
The metropolitan area has a border checkpoint to Moldova and Ukraine. Galaţi is located 10 km (6.2 mi) from Giurgiuleşti and 20 km (12 mi) from Reni.
Settlements
- I.C. Brătianu, Tulcea County
- Garvăn, Tulcea County
- Kogălniceanu, Galaţi County
- Braniştea, Galaţi County
- Odaia Manolache, Galaţi County
- Independenţa, Galaţi County
- Frumuşiţa, Galaţi County
- Folteşti, Galaţi County
- Scânteieşti, Galaţi County
- Schela, Galaţi County
- Tuluceşti, Galaţi County
- Chiscani, Brăila County
References
- ^ http://www.bser.eu/membri-info.php?m=4&p=activitati&s=4
- ^ http://www.sfin.ro/articol_11687/proiectul_metropolitan_braila-galati_stinge_%E2%80%9Erazboiul_dobrogean.html
- ^ Viata Libera - Galati, ROMANIA
- ^ The development of the Dunarea de Jos international airport in Braila County needs a EUR 300 mil. investment
Metropolitan areas in Romania Functional Proposed
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