Cogealac is a

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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 deg ...

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. The commune includes six villages: * Cogealac (historical names: ''Domnești'', tr, Kocalak) * Gura Dobrogei (historical names: ''Câvârgic'', tr, Kıvırcık) * Râmnicu de Jos * Râmnicu de Sus * Tariverde (historical name: ''Dorotea'') The territory of the commune also includes the former village of ''Colelia'' ( tr, Kuleli), at , disestablished by Presidential Decree in 1977. The former village was populated by

Dobrujan Germans The Dobrujan Germans (german: Dobrudschadeutsche) were an ethnic German group, within the larger category of Black Sea Germans, for over one hundred years. German-speaking colonists entered the approximately 23,000 km2 area of Dobruja around 18 ...

until 1942 and it is now the site of the Colilia Monastery. The

Fântânele-Cogealac Wind Farm The Fântânele-Cogealac Wind Farm is the largest onshore wind farm in Romania and in Europe, with installed nameplate capacity of 600 MW from 240 General Electric 2.5xl wind turbines. The wind farm has been built for the ČEZ Group. Histo ...

(with an installed

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of 600 MW) is partly located on the territory of the commune. On March 2, 2022, while searching for a crashed

MiG-21 LanceR This is a list of variants and specifications for variants of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, which differed considerably between models. Variants All information in this section adapted from ''MiG-21'' (2008).Gordon, Yefim. ''Mikoyan MiG-21'' (Fa ...

in the area, an

IAR 330 The IAR 330 is a licence-built version of the Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma helicopter, manufactured by the Romanian aerospace manufacturer IAR Brașov. The IAR 330 was produced under a licensing agreement with the French aerospace firm Aérospati ...

military transport helicopter crashed near Gura Dobrogei, killing 7 military personnel.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Cogealac had 4,466

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(98.89%), 4

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(0.09%), 46 others (1.02%).

References

Communes in Constanța County Localities in Northern Dobruja Aromanian settlements in Romania Place names of Turkish origin in Romania {{Constanţa-geo-stub