Cacica ( pl, Kaczyka, german: Kaczika) is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

located in

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, in the historical region of

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, northeastern

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. The commune is located in the central part of the county, from the town of

Gura Humorului Gura Humorului (; Hebrew and Yiddish: גורה חומורולוי - ''Gure Humuruluei'' or גורא הומאָרא - ''Gura Humora''; German and Polish: ''Gura Humora'') is a town in Suceava County, northeastern Romania. It is situated in the his ...

, from the city of

Rădăuți Rădăuți (; german: Radautz; hu, Radóc; pl, Radowce; uk, Радівці, ''Radivtsi''; yi, ראַדעװיץ ''Radevits''; tr, Radoviçe) is a town in Suceava County, north-eastern Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Buko ...

, and from the county seat,

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. At the 2011 census, 74.8% of inhabitants were

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, 20.2%

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, and 4.4%

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. Its Polish inhabitants are descended from settlers who arrived there at the turn of the

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during the Habsburg period.

Administration and local politics

Commune council

The commune's current local council has the following political composition, according to the results of the

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Villages

The commune is composed of five villages: namely Cacica, Maidan, Pârteștii de Sus (the commune center), Runcu, and Solonețu Nou.

Solonețu Nou

Solonețu Nou ( pl, Nowy Sołoniec, german: Neu-Solonetz or Lichtental) is one of the Polish

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s in

, in the historical region of

, northeastern

. It was established in 1834 by 30 Polish families in the Soloneț river valley. A Polish school was founded in the village in 1870. 523 people from the village were deported to Poland after 1945 and the school was closed. After the

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of 1989, the Polish school was reopened. In 1995 there were 718 inhabitants in the village. The Polish community from Solonețu Nou (together with those of

Solca Solca (german: Solka; pl, Solka; hu, Szolka) is a town in Suceava County, northeastern Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Bukovina. Solca is the smallest town in the county and the third smallest town in Romania, with a populat ...

, Pleșa,

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, and

Arbore Arbore is a commune located in Suceava County, Bukovina, northeastern Romania. It is composed of three villages: namely Arbore, Bodnăreni, and Clit. Church of Arbore Arbore is best known for its church, dedicated to Saint John the Baptis ...

) has 365 families with 1046

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s of Polish ethnicity.

Natives

Ghervazen Longher Ghervazen Longher (born January 3, 1972) is a Romanian politician, and a political leader of the Polish minority in Romania. He has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2004. Longher was born in Cacica, Suceava County Suceava County () ...

, Polish-Romanian politician *

Serghei Nicolau Serghei Nicolau (born Sergey Nikonov; 1905–1999) was a Romanian communist espionage chief and a Securitate general. Biography An ethnic Russian, Nicolau was born in Cacica, Suceava County in to an ethnic Russian family. He also called himsel ...

, Russian-Romanian communist espionage chief and a

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general

Gallery

File:Cacica salt mine chapel01.jpg,

chapel dedicated to Saint Barbara, located in the salt mine File:Rumunia, Kaczyka, kościół rzymskokatolicki DSCF7626.jpg, Roman Catholic Polish basilica in Cacica File:Biserica romano-catolica din Solonetu Nou11.jpg, Roman Catholic church in Solonețu Nou File:Biserica greco-catolica din Cacica.jpg,

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church in Cacica File:Biserica Ortodoxa Cacica - panoramio.jpg, Orthodox church in Cacica File:Cacica - Gradinita de Copii - panoramio.jpg, Cacica kindergarten File:Cacica - Scoala Generala - panoramio.jpg, Cacica elementary school File:Panorama Cacica - Biserica Ortodoxa - panoramio.jpg, Panoramic view over Cacica, with the Orthodox church in the background File:Cacica, Bucovina - panoramio - bajerskip (1).jpg, Panoramic view over Cacica, with the Roman Catholic basilica seen in the background File:SolonetuNou.jpg, Solonețu Nou ( pl, Nowy Sołoniec) village, with the local Roman Catholic church seen in the background File:Nowy Sołoniec (Rumunia), Solonețu Nou 03.jpg, Rural landscape from Solonețu Nou (2018) File:Nowy Sołoniec (Rumunia), Solonețu Nou 06.jpg, Solonețu Nou (2018)

References

* Pr. Mihai Patrașcu
Vizită pastorală la Soloneţu Nou
("A pastoral visit to Solonețu Nou"), on the site of the Roman Catholic Episcopate of Iași. Undated, bu
index
places it as December 2005. Accessed 7 Jan 2006.

External links

Polish Community in Cacica

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