Mihail Kogălniceanu () 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 ...

Constanța County Constanța () is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the Dobruja region. Its capital city is also named Constanța. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 684,082 and the population density was 96/km2. The degr ...

, Northern Dobruja,

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

, located northwest of Constanța proper. The commune includes three villages: * Mihail Kogălniceanu - historical names: Kara Murat ( tr, Karamurat), Bulgari ( bg, Българи) and Regele Ferdinand * Palazu Mic * Piatra (historical name: Tașaul, tr, Taşağıl) The commune further includes two territorially distinct communities, Social Group Sibioara and Social Group Ceres, which are legally part of the village of Mihail Kogălniceanu. The

Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport Mihail Kogălniceanu Airport is situated in southeastern Romania, in the commune of Mihail Kogălniceanu, north-northwest of Constanța. It is the main airport of the Northern Dobruja region and provides access to Constanța County, the Port o ...

is located nearby.

History

The village is situated on the site of a

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settlement called ''Vicus Clementianus'', discovered by the archaeologist

Vasile Pârvan Vasile Pârvan (; 28 September 1882, Perchiu, Huruiești, Bacău County – 26 June 1927, Bucharest) was a Romanian historian and archaeologist. Biography Vasile Pârvan came from a modest family, being the first child of the teacher Andrei P ...

in 1913. In 1651, the place was mentioned by the Ottoman traveler

Evliya Çelebi Derviş Mehmed Zillî (25 March 1611 – 1682), known as Evliya Çelebi ( ota, اوليا چلبى), was an Ottoman explorer who travelled through the territory of the Ottoman Empire and neighboring lands over a period of forty years, recording ...

as a

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settlement named ''Kara Murat'' ("Black Murat", after its founder). In 1879-1880, after the incorporation of Northern Dobruja into Romania, the village started to be settled by Romanian shepherds from

Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...

(

Mocani The Mocani ( Mocan), sometimes referred to as Mocans in English, are an ethnic Romanian subgroup composed by shepherds from Transylvania traditionally practicing transhumance between southern Transylvania and the region of Dobruja. A large n ...

). In the 1930s it was renamed ''Ferdinand I'', after King

Ferdinand I of Romania Ferdinand (Ferdinand Viktor Albert Meinrad; 24 August 1865 – 20 July 1927), nicknamed ''Întregitorul'' ("the Unifier"), was King of Romania from 1914 until his death in 1927. Ferdinand was the second son of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern and ...

. In 1948, with the advent of the

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, the commune was given its current name, after the Romanian politician

Mihail Kogălniceanu Mihail Kogălniceanu (; also known as Mihail Cogâlniceanu, Michel de Kogalnitchan; September 6, 1817 – July 1, 1891) was a Romanian liberal statesman, lawyer, historian and publicist; he became Prime Minister of Romania on October 11, 1863 ...

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Mihail Kogălniceanu had 8,273

Romanians The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym '' Vlachs'') are a Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Romanian culture and ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they live primarily in Romania and Moldova. The 2011 Roman ...

(84.95%), 3

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Urali ...

(0.03%), 246 Roma (2.53%), 3

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(0.03%), 33

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(0.34%), 419

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in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

(4.30%), 108

Aromanians The Aromanians ( rup, Armãnji, Rrãmãnji) are an ethnic group native to the southern Balkans who speak Aromanian, an Eastern Romance language. They traditionally live in central and southern Albania, south-western Bulgaria, northern and ...

(1.11%), 642 others (6.59%), and 12 with undeclared ethnicity (0.12%).

Natives

Adolph Bachmeier Adolph (Adolf) Bachmeier (October 13, 1937 – July 21, 2016) was a U.S.-Romanian soccer player. He spent most of his playing career with various teams in Chicago. He also earned fifteen caps with the U.S. national team between 1959 and 1969. ...

* Dumitru Caraman * Stere Gulea * Adrian Pllotschi * Stere Sertov
P1010905 Primăria Mihail Kogălniceanu.jpg, Town Hall P1010893 Casa de cultură.jpg, Cultural Center P1010906 Dispensar.jpg, Clinic

References

External links

"Romanians Eager for Long-Awaited Arrival of the Yanks"
''Kevin Sullivan'', ''

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