Limanu

Limanu
Commune
Coat of arms of Limanu
Coat of arms
Location in Constanța County
Location in Constanța County
Limanu is located in Romania
Limanu
Limanu
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 43°48′N 28°32′E / 43.800°N 28.533°E / 43.800; 28.533
CountryRomania
CountyConstanța
SubdivisionsLimanu, 2 Mai, Hagieni, Vama Veche
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2024) Daniel Georgescu[1] (PSD)
Area
76.66 km2 (29.60 sq mi)
Population
 (2021-12-01)[2]
6,350
 • Density83/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.CT
Websitewww.primarialimanu.ro

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

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Limanu had 5,337 Romanians (85.1%), 8 Hungarians (0.1%), 84 Roma (1.3%), 3 Germans (0.05%), 6 Turks (0.10%), 179 Tatars (2.9%), 178 Lipovans (2.8%), 4 others (0.07%), 465 with undeclared ethnicity (7.4%).[3]

Villages

The commune includes four villages:

2 Mai

Main article: 2 Mai

2 Mai (Romanian pronunciation: [doj maj], "May 2") is a village in the Limanu commune and a small resort on the shore of the Black Sea, between Mangalia and Vama Veche.

The village was founded by Mihail Kogălniceanu in 1887 under the name Două Mai. Its first inhabitants were Russians from Bucharest, Iași and Galați. Later Lipovans from Tulcea County and Romanians from Argeș County settled here.

The main occupation of the villagers is the agritourism, fishing, tourism and agriculture.

Vama Veche

Main article: Vama Veche

Vama Veche is a village in the Limanu commune, at 43°45′N 28°34′E / 43.750°N 28.567°E / 43.750; 28.567 (Vama Veche). In 2002, it had a population of 178.[4]

It was founded in 1811 by a few Gagauz families, originally being named "Ilanlîk". Its current name literally means "Old customs point", named so after the Southern Dobruja (or Cadrilater) had been included in Romania in 1913. In 1940, however, that region was ceded to Bulgaria, and the village has since lain once again near the border.

Titans Cave

After finishing this campaign Crassus led his troops against the cave called Ciris(Keiris/Ceiris). For the natives in great numbers had occupied this cave, which is extremely large and so capable of defence that the tradition obtains that the Titans took refuge there after their defeat suffered at the hands of the gods; and here they had brought together all their herds and their other most cherished belongings. 4 Crassus first sought out all the entrances to the cave, which are tortuous and difficult to discover, walled them up, and in this way subdued the men by famine.

-Dio Cassius LI[5]

Some historians identified the Titan cave as Limanu cave.[6]

Natives

Twin towns - Sister cities

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. ^ Tab8. Populaţia stabilă după etnie – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune, 2011 census results, Institutul Național de Statistică, accessed 17 February 2020.
  4. ^ Plan de management al rezervatiei marine 2 mai — Vama Veche Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Reservația Marină 2 Mai - Vama Veche, p.40. Accessed 14 October 2006.
  5. ^ Dio Cassius LI 26
  6. ^ Cave Limanu http://www.directbooking.ro/landmark-details-cave-limanu-622.aspx