Mircea Vodă, Constanţa

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Mircea Vodă

County	Constanţa County
Status	Commune
Mayor	Dumitru Dedu, since 2004
Population (2002)	7,084
Geographical coordinates	44°16′39″N, 28°10′18″E
Web site	http://www.primaria-mirceavoda.ro

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

[edit] 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.^[1]

[edit] Villages

The following villages belong to the commune:

• Mircea Vodă (historical name: Acpunar, Turkish: Akpınar) - named after Mircea I of Wallachia
• Gherghina (historical name: Defcea, Turkish: Devce)
• Satu Nou (historical name: Enichioi, Turkish: Yeniköy)
• Tibrinu (historical name: Ceabacu)

[edit] References

	Constanţa County
Municipalities	Constanţa (county seat) | Mangalia | Medgidia
Towns	Basarabi | Băneasa | Cernavodă | Eforie | Hârşova | Năvodari | Negru Vodă | Ovidiu | Techirghiol
Communes	23 August | Adamclisi  | Agigea  | Albeşti  | Aliman  | Amzacea  | Bărăganu  | Castelu  | Cerchezu  | Chirnogeni  | Ciobanu  | Ciocârlia  | Cobadin  | Cogealac  | Comana  | Corbu  | Costineşti  | Crucea  | Cumpăna  | Cuza Vodă  | Deleni  | Dobromir  | Dumbrăveni  | Fântânele  | Gârliciu  | Ghindăreşti  | Grădina  | Horia  | Independenţa  | Ion Corvin  | Istria  | Limanu  | Lipniţa  | Lumina  | Mereni  | Mihai Viteazu  | Mihail Kogălniceanu  | Mircea Vodă  | Nicolae Bălcescu  | Oltina  | Ostrov  | Pantelimon  | Pecineaga  | Peştera  | Poarta Albă  | Rasova  | Saligny  | Saraiu  | Săcele  | Seimeni  | Siliştea  | Târguşor  | Topalu  | Topraisar  | Tortoman  | Tuzla  | Valu lui Traian  | Vulturu