Corbu 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 ...
in
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 ...
.
The commune includes three villages:
* Corbu - established in 1968 from the merger of ''Corbu de Jos'' (historical names: ''Gargalâcul-Mic'', tr, Aşağı Kargalık) and ''Corbu de Sus'' (historical names: ''Gargalâcul-Mare'', tr, Yukarı Kargalık)
* Luminița (historical names: ''Șahman'' and ''Urumbei'')
* Vadu (historical name: ''Caraharman'', tr, Karaharman)
Demographics
At the 2011 census, Corbu had 5,396
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 ...
(99.36%), 14
Roma (0.26%), 5
Turks
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* Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic languages
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(0.09%), 6
Tatars
The Tatars ()[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different (0.11%), 3
Lipovans
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(0.06%), 7 others (0.13%).
References
Communes in Constanța County
Localities in Northern Dobruja
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