Cobadin

Cobadin
Commune
Cobadin Location of Cobadin
Coordinates: 44°03′53″N 28°13′54″E / 44.064710°N 28.231602°ECoordinates: 44°03′53″N 28°13′54″E / 44.064710°N 28.231602°E
Country	Romania
County	Constanţa County
Status	Commune
Component villages	Cobadin, Viişoara, Negreşti, Curcani, Conacu
Government
• Mayor	Cristian Telehoi (Social Democratic Party)
Area
• Total	188.41 km^2 (72.75 sq mi)
Population (2011) [1]
• Total	8,346
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	primaria-cobadin.ro

Cobadin is a commune in Constanţa County, Romania. The commune includes five villages:

• Cobadin (historical names: Cobadinu, Turkish: Kobadin)
• Viişoara (historical name: Caciamac, Turkish: Kaçamak)
• Negreşti (historical name: Carabacâ, Turkish: Karabağ')
• Conacu (historical name: Beşaul)
• Curcani (historical name: Chertic-Punar, Turkish: Kertikpınar) - disestablished by Presidential Decree before 1990, the village is nevertheless listed in the official settlements register

The territory of the commune also includes the former village of Frasinu (historical name: Terzi-Veli), at 43°59′14″N 28°6′16″E / 43.98722°N 28.10444°E, nominally merged with Curcani by the 1968 administrative reform.

Population

As of 2011, the population of the commune was 8,346, out of which:

• 6,480 (77.44%) Romanians
• 1,021 (12.23%) Turks
• 442 (5.29%) Tatars
• 359 (4.30%) Romani
• 7 (0.08%) Aromanians
• 37 others

Famous natives

• Pericle Martinescu, writer and journalist

References

1. "Constanta County at the 2011 census" (PDF) (in Romanian). INSSE. February 2, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012.