Eșelnița () is a commune located in

Mehedinți County Mehedinți County () is a county () of Romania on the border with Serbia and Bulgaria. It is mostly located in the historical province of Oltenia, with one municipality (Orșova) and three communes (Dubova, Mehedinți, Dubova, Eșelnița, and Svi ...

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 is composed of a single village, Eșelnița. It is one of four localities in the county located in the

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. At the 2011 census, 74% of inhabitants 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, ...

, 23.4%

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and 2%

Czechs The Czechs (, ; singular Czech, masculine: ''Čech'' , singular feminine: ''Češka'' ), or the Czech people (), are a West Slavs, West Slavic ethnic group and a nation native to the Czech Republic in Central Europe, who share a common Bohemia ...

. The commune has borne a number of similar names: ''Jeselnița'' (1925-1932), ''Ieșelnița'' (1932-1950), ''Eselnița'' (1950-1956), ''Ieșelnița'' (1956-1996) and ''Eșelnița'' (since 1996).Attila Szabó (ed.), ''Erdély, Bánság És Partium Történeti És Közigazgatási Helységnévtára''. Miercurea Ciuc, 2003, Pro-Print Könyvkiadó,

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