Independența, Constanța

Independența
Commune
Independența

Location of Independența, Constanţa

Coordinates: 43°58′0″N 28°5′0″E / 43.96667°N 28.08333°ECoordinates: 43°58′0″N 28°5′0″E / 43.96667°N 28.08333°E
Country  Romania
County Constanța County
Status Commune
Component villages Independența, Fântâna Mare, Movila Verde, Olteni, Tufani
Government
 • Mayor Cristea Gâscan (Social Democratic Party)
Area
 • Total 177.90 km2 (68.69 sq mi)
Population (2011[1])
 • Total Decrease3,033
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Website http://www.primariaindependenta-ct.ro/

Independența is a commune in Constanța County, Romania. It includes five villages:

The commune also included the villages of Periș (historical name: Armutlia), located at 43°52′23″N 27°59′56″E / 43.873°N 27.999°E, and Căciulaţi (historical name: Cealmagea), located at 43°54′00″N 28°02′00″E / 43.9°N 28.0333°E,[2] which were nominally merged with Olteni by the 1968 administrative reform and are currently deserted.[3][4]

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Independența had 2,359 Romanians (77.78%), 397 Turks (13.09%), 270 Tatars (8.90%), 7 others (0.23%).[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Constanta County at the 2011 census" (in Romanian). INSSE. February 2, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
  2. ↑ Fallingrain.com, Location of Căciulaţi, accessed on March 21, 2012
  3. ↑ (Romanian) Cuget Liber, The lost paradise of Dobruja - the story of a family of veterans from the Independence War who founded Periș village 100 years ago, accessed on July 13, 2011
  4. ↑ (Romanian) Jurnalul.ro, The Blacks, the Germans and the Turkish Savior, accessed on February 17, 2012