Mircea Vodă, Constanța

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

Mircea Vodă
Commune
Coat of arms
Location in Constanța County
Mircea Vodă Location in Romania
Coordinates: 44°16′39″N 28°10′18″E
Country	Romania
County	Constanța
Subdivisions	Mircea Vodă, Gherghina, Satu Nou, Țibrinu
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	George Ionașcu[1] (PSD)
Area	70.89 km^2 (27.37 sq mi)
Elevation	30 m (100 ft)
Population  (2021-12-01)[2]	4,907
• Density	69/km^2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	907195
Area code	+40 x41
Vehicle reg.	CT
Website	www.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

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

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. "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.
4. "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.
5. Dicţionar de istorie veche a României, Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică (1976)