Lipnița 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,

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. The commune includes seven villages: * Lipnița * Canlia (historical name: tr, Kanlı) * Carvăn (historical names: ''Kervan'') - established in 1968 from the merger of ''Carvănu Mare'' (historical name:''Carvan de Sus'', tr, Yukarı Kervan) and ''Carvănu Mic'' (historical name: ''Carvan de Jos'', tr, Aşağı Kervan) * Coșlugea ( tr, Kozluca) * Cuiugiuc ( tr, Kuyucuk) * Goruni (historical name: ''Velichioi'' until 1968, tr, Veli-Köy) * Izvoarele (historical name: ''Pârjoaia'' until 1968) In October 2017, a border crossing was inaugurated in Lipnița, linking it with the neighbouring commune of

Kaynardzha Kaynardzha ( bg, Кайнарджа ; ro, Cainargeaua Mică; tr, Kaynarca; also transliterated ''Kajnardža'' gr, Καϊναρτζή) is a village in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Silistra Province. It is the administrative centre of Kaynardzh ...

in Bulgaria.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Lipnița had 2,764

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 ...

(87.2%), 39 Roma (1.2%), 210

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(6.6%).Tab8. Populaţia stabilă după etnie – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune
2011 census results,

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, accessed 17 February 2020.

References

Communes in Constanța County Localities in Northern Dobruja Place names of Slavic origin in Romania Bulgaria–Romania border crossings {{Constanţa-geo-stub