Mircea Vodă, Constanța

For other places with the same name, see Mircea Vodă (disambiguation).
Mircea Vodă
Commune

Coat of arms
Mircea Vodă

Location of Mircea Vodă, Constanţa

Coordinates: 44°16′39″N 28°10′18″E / 44.27750°N 28.17167°E / 44.27750; 28.17167Coordinates: 44°16′39″N 28°10′18″E / 44.27750°N 28.17167°E / 44.27750; 28.17167
Country  Romania
County Constanţa County
Status Commune
Component villages Mircea Vodă, Gherghina, Satu Nou, Ţibrinu
Government
  Mayor Dumitru Dedu (Social Democratic Party)
Area
  Total 70.89 km2 (27.37 sq mi)
Population (2011[1])
  Total Decrease4,763
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Website http://www.primaria-mirceavoda.ro

Mircea Vodă is a commune in Constanţa County, Dobrogea, Romania.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Mircea Vodă had 4,727 Romanians (99.24%), 28 Roma (0.59%), 6 Turks (0.13%), 2 others (0.04%).[1]

History

Mithraic relief from Mircea Vodă, 2nd century CE. Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest.

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.[2]

Villages

The following villages belong to the commune:

References

  1. 1 2 "Constanta County at the 2011 census" (PDF) (in Romanian). INSSE. February 2, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
  2. Dicţionar de istorie veche a României, Editura Ştiinţifică şi Enciclopedică (1976)


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