Mircea Vodă, Constanța
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Mircea Vodă is a commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is located in the central part of the county, along the Danube–Black Sea Canal.
Demographics
At the 2011 census, Mircea Vodă had a population of 4,886; of those, 4,727 were Romanians (99.24%), 28 Roma (0.59%), 6 Turks (0.13%), and 2 others (0.04%).[3] At the 2021 census, there were 4,907 inhabitants, of which 90.46% were Romanians and 1.75% Roma.[4]
History
Settlement in the area dates back at least to the time of the Roman Empire. In a place that the local Turks called "Acşandemir Tabiasi", a 10th-century castrum was found, which has a stone vallum. A Slavic inscription found in this place mentions a certain "Jupan Dimitrie" and the year 943.[5]
Villages
The following villages belong to the commune:
- Mircea Vodă (historical name: Celebichioi or Celibichioi, Turkish: Çelebiköy) - named after Mircea I of Wallachia
- Gherghina (historical name: Defcea, Turkish: Devce)
- Satu Nou (historical name: Enichioi, Turkish: Yeniköy)
- Țibrinu (historical name: Ceabacu)
Image gallery
- Mithraic relief from Mircea Vodă, 2nd century CE - Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest
References
- ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
- ^ "Constanța County at the 2011 census" (PDF) (in Romanian). INSSE. February 2, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 24, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
- ^ "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.
- ^ Dicţionar de istorie veche a României, Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică (1976)
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- Agigea
- Albești
- Aliman
- Amzacea
- Băneasa
- Bărăganu
- Castelu
- Cerchezu
- Chirnogeni
- Ciobanu
- Ciocârlia
- Cobadin
- Cogealac
- Comana
- Corbu
- Costinești
- Crucea
- Cumpăna
- Cuza Vodă
- Deleni
- Dobromir
- Dumbrăveni
- Fântânele
- Gârliciu
- Ghindărești
- Grădina
- Horia
- Independența
- Ion Corvin
- Istria
- Limanu
- Lipnița
- Lumina
- Mereni
- Mihail Kogălniceanu
- Mihai Viteazu
- Mircea Vodă
- Nicolae Bălcescu
- Oltina
- Ostrov
- Pantelimon
- Pecineaga
- Peștera
- Poarta Albă
- Rasova
- Săcele
- Saligny
- Saraiu
- Seimeni
- Siliștea
- Târgușor
- Topalu
- Topraisar
- Tortoman
- Tuzla
- Valu lui Traian
- Vulturu
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