Cerna, Tulcea

Cerna
—  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.

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