Cacica ( pl, Kaczyka, german: Kaczika) is a Commune in Romania, commune located in Suceava County, in the historical region of Bukovina, northeastern Romania. The commune is located in the central part of the county, from the town of Gura Humorului, from the city of Rădăuți, and from the county seat, Suceava. At the 2011 Romanian census, 2011 census, 74.8% of inhabitants were Romanians, 20.2% Poles in Romania, Poles, and 4.4% Ukrainians of Romania, Ukrainians. Its Polish inhabitants are descended from settlers who arrived there at the turn of the 19th century during the Habsburg monarchy, Habsburg period.

Administration and local politics

Commune council

The commune's current local council has the following political composition, according to the results of the 2020 Romanian local elections:

Villages

The commune is composed of five villages: namely Cacica, Maidan, Pârteștii de Sus (the commune center), Runcu, and Solonețu Nou.

Solonețu Nou

Solonețu Nou ( pl, Nowy Sołoniec, german: Neu-Solonetz or Lichtental) is one of the Poles, Polish villages in Suceava County, in the historical region of Bukovina, northeastern Romania. It was established in 1834 by 30 Polish families in the Soloneț (Suceava), Soloneț river valley. A Polish school was founded in the village in 1870. 523 people from the village were deported to Poland after 1945 and the school was closed. After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, the Polish school was reopened. In 1995 there were 718 inhabitants in the village. The Polish community from Solonețu Nou (together with those of Solca, Mănăstirea Humorului, Pleșa, Racova, and Arbore) has 365 families with 1046 Roman Catholics of Polish ethnicity.

Natives

* Ghervazen Longher, Polish-Romanian politician * Serghei Nicolau, Russian-Romanian communist espionage chief and a Securitate general

Gallery

File:Cacica salt mine chapel01.jpg, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic chapel dedicated to Saint Barbara, located in the salt mine File:Rumunia, Kaczyka, kościół rzymskokatolicki DSCF7626.jpg, Roman Catholic Polish basilica in Cacica File:Biserica romano-catolica din Solonetu Nou11.jpg, Roman Catholic church in Solonețu Nou File:Biserica greco-catolica din Cacica.jpg, Greek Catholic Church, Greek Catholic church in Cacica File:Biserica Ortodoxa Cacica - panoramio.jpg, Eastern Orthodoxy, Orthodox church in Cacica File:Cacica - Gradinita de Copii - panoramio.jpg, Cacica kindergarten File:Cacica - Scoala Generala - panoramio.jpg, Cacica elementary school File:Panorama Cacica - Biserica Ortodoxa - panoramio.jpg, Panoramic view over Cacica, with the Orthodox church in the background File:Cacica, Bucovina - panoramio - bajerskip (1).jpg, Panoramic view over Cacica, with the Roman Catholic basilica seen in the background File:SolonetuNou.jpg, Solonețu Nou ( pl, Nowy Sołoniec) village, with the local Roman Catholic church seen in the background File:Nowy Sołoniec (Rumunia), Solonețu Nou 03.jpg, Rural landscape from Solonețu Nou (2018) File:Nowy Sołoniec (Rumunia), Solonețu Nou 06.jpg, Solonețu Nou (2018)

References

* Pr. Mihai Patrașcu
Vizită pastorală la Soloneţu Nou
("A pastoral visit to Solonețu Nou"), on the site of the Roman Catholic Episcopate of Iași. Undated, bu
index
places it as December 2005. Accessed 7 Jan 2006.

External links

Polish Community in Cacica

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