Mircea Vodă, Constanța

Commune in Constanța, Romania

Coat of arms

Location in Constanța County

(2020–2024) George Ionașcu^[1] (PSD)Area

70.89 km² (27.37 sq mi)Elevation

30 m (100 ft)Population

(2021-12-01)^[2]

4,907 • Density69/km² (180/sq mi)Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)Postal code

907195

Area code+40 x41Vehicle reg.CTWebsitewww.primaria-mirceavoda.ro

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)