Cogealac

Cogealac
Commune
Saint Basil the Great Church in Cogealac
Location in Constanța County
Cogealac Location in Romania
Coordinates: 44°33′N 28°34′E
Country	Romania
County	Constanța
Subdivisions	Cogealac, Gura Dobrogei, Râmnicu de Jos, Râmnicu de Sus, Tariverde
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Hristu Cati[1] (PSD)
Area	238.25 km^2 (91.99 sq mi)
Elevation	85 m (279 ft)
Population  (2021-12-01)[2]	4,686
• Density	20/km^2 (51/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	907070
Area code	+40 x41
Vehicle reg.	CT
Website	www.primariacogealac.ro

Cogealac is a commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania.

The commune includes six villages:

• Cogealac (historical names: Domnești, Turkish: Kocalak)
• Gura Dobrogei (historical names: Câvârgic, Turkish: Kıvırcık)
• Râmnicu de Jos
• Râmnicu de Sus
• Tariverde (historical name: Dorotea)

The territory of the commune also includes the former village of Colelia (Turkish: Kuleli), at 44°36′10″N 28°24′39″E, disestablished by Presidential Decree in 1977. The former village was populated by Dobrujan Germans until 1942 and it is now the site of the Colilia Monastery.[3]

The Fântânele-Cogealac Wind Farm (with an installed nameplate capacity of 600 MW) is partly located on the territory of the commune.

On 2 March 2022, while searching for a crashed MiG-21 LanceR in the area, an IAR 330 military transport helicopter crashed near Gura Dobrogei, killing 7 military personnel.[4]

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Cogealac had 4,466 Romanians (98.89%), 4 Turks (0.09%), 46 others (1.02%).

Notable people

• Stoica Lascu (born 1951), historian

References

1. "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
2. "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
3. (in Romanian) Formula As, The Monastery Named After a Herb, accessed on March 13, 2012
4. "Un avion MiG 21 LanceR a dispărut de pe radar în județul Constanța. Elicopterul care a plecat în căutarea avionului s-a prăbușit. Șapte militari au decedat. Avionul MiG s-a prăbușit". G4 Media (in Romanian). March 2, 2022.

Râmnicu de Sus