Cerna | |
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— Commune — | |
The Priopcea Pass near Cerna village. | |
Location of Cerna | |
Coordinates: | |
Country | Romania |
County | Tulcea |
Component villages | Cerna, General Praporgescu, Mircea Vodă, Traian |
Area | |
• Total | 221.65 km2 (85.6 sq mi) |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | 4,227 |
• Density | 19.1/km2 (49.4/sq mi) |
Postal code | |
Website | http://www.primariacerna.eu/ (Romanian) |
Cerna (Bulgarian: Черна) is a commune in Tulcea County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Cerna, General Praporgescu, Mircea Vodă and Traian.
Situated in a hilly landscape 55 km from the city of Tulcea and 25 km from Măcin, the village of Cerna had at the 2002 Romanian Census a population of 2,427, and together with three smaller villages the population of the entire commune was 4,227. Estimates of the number of Megleno-Romanians in this village vary from 1,200 to 2,000.