Lumina (Romanian for "the light") is a
commune in
Constanța County,
Northern Dobruja
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,
Romania
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.
The commune includes three villages:
* Lumina (historical names: ''Valea Neagră'' (until 1965); ''Cogealia'', ''Kogea-Ali'' (until 1929) - tr, Kocaali, german: Kodschalie)
* Oituz - established in 1926, named after
Oituz (
Bacău County
Bacău County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia, with its capital city at Bacău. It has one commune, Ghimeș-Făget, in Transylvania.
Geography
This county has a total area of .
In the western part of the county the ...
)
* Sibioara (historical name: ''Cicrâcci'', tr, Çıkrıkçı)
Demographics
At the 2011 census, Lumina had 7,619
Romanians
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(93.82%), 104
Roma
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(1.28%), 95
Turks (1.17%), 282
Tatars
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in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different Turki ...
(3.47%), 4
Aromanians
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(0.05%), 17 others (0.21%).
A large community of
Csángó Hungarians
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lives in the village of Oituz.
References
Communes in Constanța County
Localities in Northern Dobruja
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