Izvoarele (historically ''Alibeichioi'' and then '' Regele Ferdinand''; called '' Filimon Sîrbu'' from 1948 to 1964, ''Izvoarele'' since 1965; ; ) 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. ...

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. It is composed of three villages: Alba, Iulia, and Izvoarele.

Location

The commune is located in the central-west part of the county, southwest of 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 by

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, which starts in Nalbant, to the east (where it meets ) and ends in

Horia Horia or Horea may refer to: Places in Romania Communes *Horea, Alba Horea (formerly ''Arada''; ; ) is a Commune in Romania, commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 1,774 as of 2021, and is made up of fifteen ...

, to the west (where it meets ).

Demographics

At the 2011 census, the commune has 2,049 inhabitants; of the residents for whom data were available, 54.4% 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, ...

and 45.3%

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. By the 2021 census, the population had decreased to 1,760; of those, 89.77% were Romanians and 2.05% Greeks.

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