Mihai Viteazu 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 degr ...

, Northern Dobruja,

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. It is situated in the northeastern part of the county, some from the county seat, Constanța. To the east are the shores of the

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and of Lake Sinoe, while to the north is

Tulcea County Tulcea County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in the historical region Dobruja, with the capital city at Tulcea. It includes in its northeast corner the large and thinly-populated estuary of the Danube. Demographics In 2011, Tulcea Co ...

. The commune consists of two villages, which are apart: * Mihai Viteazu, named after the

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n prince

Michael the Brave Michael the Brave ( ro, Mihai Viteazul or ; 1558 – 9 August 1601), born as Mihai Pătrașcu, was the Prince of Wallachia (as Michael II, 1593 – 1601), Prince of Moldavia (1600) and ''de facto'' ruler of Transylvania (1599 – 1600). ...

(historical name: ''Sariurt''). * Sinoe (historical names: ''Casapchioi'', tr, Kasapköy). The Eolica Mihai Viteazu Wind Farm (with a nominal output of up to 80 MW of power) is located on the territory of the commune.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Mihai Viteazu had 3,244 inhabitants, of whom 2,881 were

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(94.83%), 3

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(0.10%), 148 Roma (4.87%), and 6 others (0.20%). At the 1930 census, Mihai Viteazu had 1,720 inhabitants, of whom 1,576 (91.63%) were

Bulgarians Bulgarians ( bg, българи, Bǎlgari, ) are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and the rest of Southeast Europe. Etymology Bulgarians derive their ethnonym from the Bulgars. Their name is not completely unders ...

and 120 (6.98%) Romanians. In Sinoe, of 2,230 inhabitants, 2,136 (95.78%) were Bulgarians and 54 (2.42%) Romanians.''Recensământul general al populației din 1930'', vol. II, p. 146 The local Bulgarians left in 1940, during the

population exchange between Bulgaria and Romania The population exchange between Bulgaria and Romania was a population exchange carried out in 1940 after the transfer of Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria by Romania. It involved 103,711 Romanians, Aromanians and Megleno-Romanians living in Southern D ...

Notable natives

* Ovidiu Papadima (1909–1996), Romanian literary critic, folklorist, and

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* Viorel Talapan (b. 1972), Romanian rower

Gallery

File:Sustainable power (AP4M4369 1PS).jpg, Windmills at the Eolica Mihai Viteazu Wind Farm Image:Bulgarians-after-mass-Kasapköy.jpg, Bulgarians after church mass, Kasapköy village (today Sinoe), early 20th century

References

Communes in Constanța County Localities in Northern Dobruja {{Constanţa-geo-stub