Crișan () is a commune in

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 2021, Tulcea Coun ...

Northern Dobruja Northern Dobruja ( or simply ; , ''Severna Dobrudzha'') is the part of Dobruja within the borders of Romania. It lies between the lower Danube, Danube River and the Black Sea, bordered in the south by Southern Dobruja, which is a part of Bulgaria. ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. It includes three villages: Caraorman Crișan , and Mila 23 The commune is located in the middle of the

Danube Delta The Danube Delta (, ; , ) is the second largest river delta in Europe, after the Volga Delta, and is the best preserved on the continent. Occurring where the Danube, Danube River empties into the Black Sea, most of the Danube Delta lies in Romania ...

, about downriver from the county seat,

Tulcea Tulcea (; also known by #Names, alternative names) is a city in Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is the administrative center of Tulcea County, and had a population of 65,624 . One village, Tudor Vladimirescu, is administered by the city. It is one ...

. It is crossed west to east by the

Sulina branch The Sulina branch is a distributary of the river Danube that contributes to forming the Danube Delta. The other two main branches of the Danube are the Chilia branch to the north and the Sfântu Gheorghe branch to the south. The Sulina bra ...

of the

Danube The Danube ( ; see also #Names and etymology, other names) is the List of rivers of Europe#Longest rivers, second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia. It flows through Central and Southeastern Europe, from the Black Forest sou ...

and it is bordered to the south by the

Sfântu Gheorghe branch The Sfântu Gheorghe branch (; ) is a distributary of the river Danube, that contributes in forming the Danube Delta. This is the southernmost branch of the Danube; the other two main branches are the Chilia branch and the Sulina branch Th ...

. It neighbors

Chilia Veche Chilia Veche (Romanian pronunciation: /kiˈlija ˈveˈke/; meaning ''Old Chilia''; ) is a commune in Tulcea County, Northern Dobruja, Romania, in the Danube Delta. It gave its name to the Chilia branch of the Danube, which separates it from Ukr ...

and C. A. Rosetti communes to the north, the town of

Sulina Sulina () is a town and free port in Tulcea County, Northern Dobruja, Romania, at the mouth of the Sulina branch of the Danube. It is the easternmost point of Romania. History During the mid-Byzantine period, Sulina was a small cove, and in th ...

to the east,

Sfântu Gheorghe Sfântu Gheorghe (; or ''Szentgyörgy'' ; ; English lit.: ''Saint George'') is a city that serves as the seat of Covasna County in Transylvania, Romania. Located in the central part of the country, it lies on the Olt River in a valley between ...

commune to the south, and

Murighiol Murighiol (''Independența'' from 1983 to 1996) is a commune in Tulcea County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is composed of seven villаges: * Murighiol * Plopul (formerly Beibudzac) * Colina () * Dunavățu de Jos () * Dunavățu de Sus () * Sa ...

and

Maliuc Maliuc is a commune in Tulcea County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Gorgova, Ilganii de Sus, Maliuc, Partizani, and Vulturu. The commune lies on the Sulina branch of the river Danube, in the western third of the Danub ...

communes to the west. At the 2021 census, Crișan had 1,092 inhabitants; of those, 77.47% were

Romanians Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, ...

, 9.71%

Lipovans The Lipovans or Lippovans are ethnic Russians, Russian Old Believers living in Romania, Ukraine, Moldova and Bulgaria who settled in the Principality of Moldavia, in the east of the Principality of Wallachia (Muntenia), and in the regions of D ...

, and 5.86%

Ukrainians Ukrainians (, ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. Their native tongue is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, and the majority adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, forming the List of contemporary eth ...

. At the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 1,228, of which 52.1% were Romanians, 26.2%

Russians Russians ( ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. Their mother tongue is Russian language, Russian, the most spoken Slavic languages, Slavic language. The majority of Russians adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church ...

or Lipovans, and 21.6% Ukrainians. At the 2002 census, 74.8% were

Romanian Orthodox The Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC; , ), or Romanian Patriarchate, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, and one of the nine patriarchates in the Eastern Orthodox Church. S ...

and 25% Lipovan Old-Rite Orthodox.

Natives

Vicol Calabiciov Vicol Calabiciov is a retired Romanian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (C-2 1000 m: 1966) and a bronze (C-2 10000 m: 1971 * The year 19 ...

, sprint canoeist * Lavrente Calinov (1936-2018), sprint canoeist * Serghei Covaliov (1944–2011), sprint canoeist *

Haralambie Ivanov Haralambie Ivanov (23 February 1941 – 22 August 2004) was a Romanian sprint canoeist who competed in the mid to late 1960s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver in the K-4 1000 m event at Mexico City in 1968. Ivanov al ...

(1941–2004), sprint canoeist * Maria Nichiforov (1951–2022), sprint canoeist *

Ivan Patzaichin Ivan Patzaichin (; 26 November 1949 – 5 September 2021) was a Romanian canoe racing coach and sprint canoeist. He took part in all major competitions between 1968 and 1984, including five consecutive Olympics, and won seven Olympic and 22 worl ...

(1949–2021), sprint canoeist and canoe racing coach, the winner of four Olympic gold medals *

Silviu Simioncencu Silviu Simioncencu (born December 13, 1975) is a Romanian sprint canoer and three-time world champion in the Canadian canoe events. Career Born December 13, 1975, in Crişan, Tulcea, he won his first major title at the European ...

(born 1975), sprint canoeist * Gheorghe Simionov (born 1950), sprint canoeist * Toma Simionov (born 1955), sprint canoeist * Agafia Constantin (born 1955), sprint canoeist

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crisan, Tulcea Communes in Tulcea County Localities in Northern Dobruja Ukrainian communities in Romania