List of cities and towns on the river Danube

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List of cities and towns on the river Danube

This is a list of the cities and towns on river Danube. This list does not include parts of cities, suburbs, neighbourhoods, etc. Any city or town which is located on the bank of the Danube can be included in this list. The cities and towns on Danube could be sorted by various criteria. The main list of this article sorts the cities and towns on Danube by the current number of inhabitants within the city/town limits. More lists may be added to this article with sorting the cities and towns on Danube by different other criteria. A separate list of villages and other smaller inhabited places on Danube could be added in this article as well.

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Map of the Danube and the major cities it passes through

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‡ First Roman town on the site

Bold: capital of the country

Italic: capital of the administrative region

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Rank Name of city / town Image Inhabitants Estab­lished Present country Notes
1 Vienna Thumb 2,006,134
(01.01.2024)[1]
~100 AD  Austria Capital and largest city in Austria.
2 Budapest Thumb 1,671,004 (01.01.2023)[2] 1873  Hungary Capital and largest city in Hungary.
3 Belgrade Thumb 1,197,714 (2022)[3] 279 BC  Serbia Capital and largest city in Serbia.
4 Bratislava Thumb 475,503
(2021)[4]
907 AD  Slovakia Capital and largest city in Slovakia.
5 Novi Sad Thumb 306,702

(2022)[5]

1748  Serbia Capital and largest city of the autonomous province of Vojvodina and second largest city in Serbia.
6 Galați Thumb 217,851

(2021)

1445  Romania The largest Danubian city in Romania and seat of Galați county.
7 Linz Thumb 212,538
(01.01.2024)[6]
~150 AD  Austria Capital city of Upper Austria and second largest Danubian city in Austria.
8 Regensburg Thumb 157,443
(31.12.2022)[7]
179 AD  Germany The largest Danubian city in Germany.
9 Brăila Thumb 154,686

(01.12.2021)

~1370  Romania The second largest Danubian city in Romania and seat of Brăila county.
10 Ingolstadt Thumb 141,029 (31.12.2022)[7] 806 AD (~1250 – city status)  Germany The second largest Danubian city in Germany.
11 Ulm Thumb 128,928 (31.12.2022) 854 AD  Germany The third largest Danubian city in Germany and home of the tallest church building in the world.
12 Ruse Thumb 123,134

(31.12.2022)[8]

~1650 (~150 AD‡)  Bulgaria Capital of Ruse Province and largest Danubian city in Bulgaria.
13 Drobeta-Turnu Severin Thumb 79,865

(01.12.2021)

121 AD  Romania The third largest Danubian city in Romania and seat of Mehedinți county.
14 Pančevo Thumb 73,401

(2022)

1153 (1873 – city status)  Serbia The second largest Danubian city in Vojvodina and third in Serbia.
15 Izmail Thumb 69,932

(01.01.2022)[9]

1589 (1830 – city status)  Ukraine The largest Danubian city in Ukraine and seat of Izmail raion.
16 Tulcea Thumb 65,624

(01.12.2021)

1506 (1860 – city status)  Romania The 4th largest Danubian city in Romania and seat of Tulcea county.
17 Neu-Ulm Thumb 61,043
(31.12.2022)[7]
1814  Germany The 4th largest Danubian city in Germany.
18 Smederevo Thumb 59,261

(2022)

1430  Serbia The fourth largest Danubian city in Serbia.
19 Călăraşi Thumb 58,211

(01.12.2021)

1700 (1833 – city status)  Romania The 5th largest Danubian city in Romania and seat of Călărași county.
20 Giurgiu Thumb 54,551

(01.12.2021)

1395 (~550 AD‡)  Romania The 6th largest Danubian city in Romania and seat of Giurgiu county.
21 Passau Thumb 53,907
(31.12.2022)[7]
~100 BC  Germany The 5th largest Danubian city in Germany.
22 Straubing Thumb 49,164 (31.12.2022)[7] ~100 AD  Germany The 6th largest Danubian city in Germany.
23 Dunakeszi Thumb 43,061

(01.01.2023)[10]

~1000  Hungary The second largest Danubian city in Hungary.
24 Dunaújváros Thumb 40,969

(01.01.2023)[11]

1951[11]  Hungary The third largest Danubian city in Hungary.
25 Vidin Thumb 36,490

(31.12.2022)[8]

~250 BC  Bulgaria Capital of Vidin Province and second largest Danubian city in Bulgaria.
26 Deggendorf Thumb 35,172
(31.12.2022)[7]
868 (1212 – town status)  Germany The 7th largest Danubian city in Germany.
27 Vác Thumb 33,285

(01.01.2023)[12]

1074  Hungary The fifth largest Danubian city in Hungary.
28 Komárno Thumb 32,287

(31.12.2022)[13]

1075  Slovakia The second largest Danubian city in Slovakia.
29 Baja Thumb 31,571

(01.01.2023)[14]

1308  Hungary The fourth largest Danubian city in Hungary.
30 Silistra Thumb 29,498

(2021)

29 AD  Bulgaria Capital of Silistra Province and third largest Danubian city in Bulgaria.
31 Fetești Thumb 27,465

(01.12.2021)

~1500  Romania The 7th largest Danubian city in Romania.
32 Svishtov Thumb 26,093

(2020)

69 AD  Bulgaria The 4th largest Danubian city in Bulgaria.
33 Bačka Palanka Thumb 25,476

(2022)

 Serbia The third largest Danubian city in Vojvodina and fifth in Serbia.
34 Krems an der Donau Thumb 25,271

(01.01.2023)

1305  Austria The third largest Danubian city in Austria.
35 Vukovar Thumb 22,255

(2021)

1231  Croatia The largest Danubian city in Croatia.
36 Esztergom Thumb 19,818

(01.01.2023)[15]

972  Hungary The sixth largest Danubian city in Hungary.
37 Kiliia Thumb 18,745

(2022)

1479  Ukraine The 2nd largest Danubian city in Ukraine.
38 Lom Thumb 18,593

(2021)

1695  Bulgaria The 5th largest Danubian city in Bulgaria.
39 Vilshofen an der Donau Thumb 17,960

(31.12.2022)[7]

776 (1212 – town status)  Germany The largest town in the Passau district.
40 Reni Thumb 17,736

(2022)

1548  Ukraine The 3rd largest Danubian city in Ukraine.
41 Cernavodă Thumb 15,088

(01.12.2021)

~300 BC  Romania The 8th largest Danubian city in Romania.
42 Apatin Thumb 14,613

(2022)[9]

1011  Serbia The fourth largest Danubian city in Vojvodina and sixth in Serbia.
43 Calafat Thumb 13,807

(01.12.2021)

~1400  Romania The 9th largest Danubian city in Romania.
44 Corabia Thumb 13,527

(01.12.2021)

1871  Romania The 10th largest Danubian city in Romania.
45 Orșova Thumb 8,506

(01.12.2021)

~100 AD  Romania The 11th largest Danubian city in Romania.
46 Ilok Thumb 3,842

(2021)

1231  Croatia The second largest Danubian city in Croatia.
47 Giurgiulești

(village)

Thumb 2,866

(2014)

1527  Moldova The only Danubian inhabited place in Moldova.
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