Mircea Vodă is a commune 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
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. It is located in the central part of the county, along the
Danube–Black Sea Canal
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.
Demographics
At the 2011 census, Mircea Vodă had 4,727
Romanians
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(99.24%), 28
Roma (0.59%), 6
Turks
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* Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic languages
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* Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic ...
(0.13%), 2 others (0.04%).
History
Settlement in the area dates back at least to the time of the
Roman Empire
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. In a place that the local Turks called "Acşandemir Tabiasi", a 10th-century
castrum
In the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
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was found, which has a stone
vallum
Vallum is either the whole or a portion of the fortifications of a Roman camp. The vallum usually comprised an earthen or turf rampart (Agger) with a wooden palisade on top, with a deep outer ditch (fossa). The name is derived from '' vallus'' (a ...
. A
Slavic inscription found in this place mentions a certain "Jupan Dimitrie" and the year 943.
[''Dicţionar de istorie veche a României'', Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică (1976)]
Villages
The following villages belong to the commune:
* Mircea Vodă (historical name: ''Celebichioi'' or ''Celibichioi'', tr, Çelebiköy) - named after
Mircea I of Wallachia
Mircea the Elder ( ro, Mircea cel Bătrân, ; c. 1355 – 31 January 1418) was the Voivode of Wallachia from 1386 until his death in 1418. He was the son of Radu I of Wallachia and brother of Dan I of Wallachia, after whose death he inherited ...
* Gherghina (historical name: ''Defcea'', tr, Devce)
* Satu Nou (historical name: ''Enichioi'', tr, Yeniköy)
* Țibrinu (historical name: ''Ceabacu'')
Image gallery
File:Mithraic relief Mircea Voda 2.jpg, Mithraic relief from Mircea Vodă, 2nd century CE - Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest
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References
Communes in Constanța County
Localities in Northern Dobruja
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