Mihail Kogălniceanu () is a commune in
Tulcea County,
Northern Dobruja
Northern Dobruja ( ro, Dobrogea de Nord or simply ; bg, Северна Добруджа, ''Severna Dobrudzha'') is the part of Dobruja within the borders of Romania. It lies between the lower Danube river and the Black Sea, bordered in the south ...
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Romania. It is composed of three villages: Lăstuni (formerly ''Hagilar''), Mihail Kogălniceanu (formerly ''Enichioi'') and Rândunica (formerly ''Kongaz'' or ''Congaz'').
At the 2011 census, the population was 98.4% Romanian and 1.1%
Roma.
[Populația stabilă după etnie - județe, municipii, orașe, comune]
INSSE At the 1930 census, the ethnic composition was as follows. Congaz was 93.9%
Bulgarian and 4.5% Romanian; Hagilar was 96.2% Bulgarian and 3.2% Romanian; Mihail Kogălniceanu was 67.8% Bulgarian and 31.2% Romanian.
[Populația statornică în 1930]
p. 480, Institutul Central de Statistică
The ethnic Bulgarian population was resettled to Bulgaria during the
population exchange following the
Treaty of Craiova. As a result of this population exchange, the commune gained a large
Aromanian community that still exists today.
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Communes in Tulcea County
Localities in Northern Dobruja
Aromanian settlements in Romania
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