Mircea Vodă, Constanța

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

Mircea Vodă

Commune

Coat of arms

Mircea Vodă

Location of Mircea Vodă, Constanţa

Coordinates: 44°16′39″N 28°10′18″E / 44.27750°N 28.17167°ECoordinates: 44°16′39″N 28°10′18″E / 44.27750°N 28.17167°E

Romania

Constanţa County

Component villages

Mircea Vodă, Gherghina, Satu Nou, Ţibrinu

Government

• Mayor

Dumitru Dedu (Social Democratic Party)

Area

• Total

70.89 km² (27.37 sq mi)

Population (2011^[1])

• Total

4,763

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Website

http://www.primaria-mirceavoda.ro

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

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Mircea Vodă had 4,727 Romanians (99.24%), 28 Roma (0.59%), 6 Turks (0.13%), 2 others (0.04%).^[1]

History

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

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.^[2]

Villages

The following villages belong to the commune:

Mircea Vodă (historical name: Celibichioi) - named after Mircea I of Wallachia
Gherghina (historical name: Defcea, Turkish: Devce)
Satu Nou (historical name: Enichioi, Turkish: Yeniköy)
Ţibrinu (historical name: Ceabacu)

References

1 2 "Constanta County at the 2011 census" (PDF) (in Romanian). INSSE. February 2, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
↑ Dicţionar de istorie veche a României, Editura Ştiinţifică şi Enciclopedică (1976)

Constanța County, Romania

Cities	Constanța (county seat) Mangalia Medgidia

Towns	Băneasa Cernavodă Eforie Hârșova Murfatlar Năvodari Negru Vodă Ovidiu Techirghiol

Communes	23 August Adamclisi Agigea Albești Aliman Amzacea Bărăganu Castelu Cerchezu Chirnogeni Ciobanu Ciocârlia Cobadin Cogealac Comana Corbu Costinești Crucea Cumpăna Cuza Vodă Deleni Dobromir Dumbrăveni Fântânele Gârliciu Ghindărești Grădina Horia Independența Ion Corvin Istria Limanu Lipnița Lumina Mereni Mihai Viteazu Mihail Kogălniceanu Mircea Vodă Nicolae Bălcescu Oltina Ostrov Pantelimon Pecineaga Peștera Poarta Albă Rasova Saligny Saraiu Săcele Seimeni Siliștea Târgușor Topalu Topraisar Tortoman Tuzla Valu lui Traian Vulturu

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