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List of cities and towns on the river Danube

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This is a list of the cities and towns on the river Danube. This list does not include parts of cities, suburbs, neighbourhoods etc. Any city or town that 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 the 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 the Danube by different other criteria. A separate list of villages and other smaller inhabited places on Danube may be added in this article as well.

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

More information Rank, Name of city / town ...
Rank Name of city / town Image Inhabitants Estab­lished Present country Notes
1 Vienna 2,031,870
(01.07.2025)[1]
~100 AD Austria The capital and largest city in Austria.
2 Budapest 1,671,004 (01.01.2023)[2] 1873 Hungary The capital and largest city in Hungary.
3 Belgrade 1,298,661 (2022)[3] 279 BC Serbia The capital and largest city in Serbia.
4 Bratislava 475,503
(2021)[4]
907 AD Slovakia The capital and largest city in Slovakia.
5 Novi Sad 325,551

(2022)[5]

1748 Serbia The second-largest city in Serbia and administrative center of the province of Vojvodina.
6 Galați 217,851

(2021)

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

(01.12.2021)

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

(31.12.2022)[8]

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

(01.12.2021)

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

(2022)

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

(01.01.2022)[9]

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

(01.12.2021)

1506 (1860 – city status) Romania The fourth-largest Danubian city in Romania and seat of Tulcea county.
17 Neu-Ulm GER – BY – Neu-Ulm (Ansicht aus BaWü im Morgenlicht) — Mattes 2022-03-13.jpg 61,043
(31.12.2022)[7]
1814 Germany The fourth-largest Danubian city in Germany.
18 Smederevo 59,261

(2022)

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

(01.12.2021)

1700 (1833 – city status) Romania The fifth-largest Danubian city in Romania and seat of Călărași county.
20 Giurgiu Giurgiu2016.jpg 54,551

(01.12.2021)

1395 (~550 AD‡) Romania The sixth-largest Danubian city in Romania and seat of Giurgiu county.
21 Passau 53,907
(31.12.2022)[7]
~100 BC Germany The fifth-largest Danubian city in Germany.
22 Straubing Donau-Straubing-Reinhard-Neidl.jpg 49,164 (31.12.2022)[7] ~100 AD Germany The sixth-largest Danubian city in Germany.
23 Dunakeszi Dunakeszi from above 43,061

(01.01.2023)[10]

~1000 Hungary The second-largest Danubian city in Hungary.
24 Dunaújváros Panorama of Dunaújváros.jpg 40,969

(01.01.2023)[11]

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

(31.12.2022)[8]

~250 BC Bulgaria The capital of Vidin Province and the second-largest Danubian city in Bulgaria.
26 Deggendorf Aerials Deggendorf 16.06.2006.jpg 35,172
(31.12.2022)[7]
868 (1212 – town status) Germany The seventh-largest Danubian city in Germany.
27 Vác 33,285

(01.01.2023)[12]

1074 Hungary The fourth-largest Danubian city in Hungary.
28 Komárno 32,287

(31.12.2022)[13]

1075 Slovakia The second-largest Danubian city in Slovakia.
29 Baja A Petőfi-sziget légi fotón.jpg 31,571

(01.01.2023)[14]

1308 Hungary The fifth-largest Danubian city in Hungary.
30 Silistra 29,498

(2021)

29 AD Bulgaria The capital of Silistra Province and third-largest Danubian city in Bulgaria.
31 Fetești 27,465

(01.12.2021)

~1500 Romania The seventh-largest Danubian city in Romania.
32 Svishtov 26,093

(2020)

69 AD Bulgaria The fourth-largest Danubian city in Bulgaria.
33 Bačka Palanka 25,476

(2022)

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

(01.01.2023)

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

(2021)

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

(01.01.2023)[15]

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

(2022)

1479 Ukraine The second-largest Danubian city in Ukraine.
38 Lom 18,593

(2021)

1695 Bulgaria The fifth-largest Danubian city in Bulgaria.
39 Vilshofen an der Donau 17,960

(31.12.2022)[7]

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

(2022)

1548 Ukraine The third-largest Danubian city in Ukraine.
41 Cernavodă 15,088

(01.12.2021)

~300 BC Romania The eighth-largest Danubian city in Romania.
42 Apatin 14,613

(2022)[9]

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

(01.12.2021)

~1400 Romania The ninth-largest Danubian city in Romania.
44 Corabia 13,527

(01.12.2021)

1871 Romania The tenth-largest Danubian city in Romania.
45 Štúrovo 9,322

(31.12.2024)

1075 Slovakia The third-largest Danubian city in Slovakia.
46 Orșova 8,506

(01.12.2021)

~100 AD Romania The eleventh-largest Danubian town in Romania.
47 Ilok 3,842

(2021)

1231 Croatia The second-largest Danubian town in Croatia.
48 Giurgiulești

(village)

2,866

(2014)

1527 Moldova The only Danubian settlement in Moldova.
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