Mihail Kogălniceanu () is a commune in

Constanța County Constanța () is a Counties of Romania, county (județ) of Romania on the Bulgaria–Romania border, border with Bulgaria, in the Dobruja region. Its capital city is also named Constanța. Demographics In 2021, it had a population of 655,997 ...

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, located northwest of

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proper. The commune includes three villages: * Mihail Kogălniceanu - historical names: Kara Murat (), Bulgari () and Regele Ferdinand * Palazu Mic * Piatra (historical name: Tașaul, ) The commune further includes two territorially distinct communities, Social Group Sibioara and Social Group Ceres, which are legally part of the village of Mihail Kogălniceanu. The

Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport Mihail Kogălniceanu Airport is situated in southeastern Romania, in the Commune in Romania, commune of Mihail Kogălniceanu, Constanța, Mihail Kogălniceanu, north-northwest of Constanța. It is the main airport of the Northern Dobruja region ...

is located nearby.

History

The village is situated on the site of a

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settlement called ''Vicus Clementianus'', discovered by the archaeologist

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in 1913. In 1651, the place was mentioned by the Ottoman traveler

Evliya Çelebi Dervish Mehmed Zillî (25 March 1611 – 1682), known as Evliya Çelebi (), was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman explorer who travelled through his home country during its cultural zenith as well as neighboring lands. He travelled for over 40 years, rec ...

as a

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settlement named ''Kara Murat'' ("Black Murat", after its founder). In 1879-1880, after the incorporation of

into Romania, the village started to be settled by Romanian shepherds from

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(

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). In the 1930s it was renamed ''Ferdinand I'', after King

Ferdinand I of Romania Ferdinand I (Ferdinand Viktor Albert Meinrad; 24 August 1865 – 20 July 1927), nicknamed ''Întregitorul'' ("the Unifier"), was King of Romania from 10 October 1914 until his death in 1927. Ferdinand was the second son of Leopold, Prince of Hoh ...

. In 1948, with the advent of the

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, the commune was given its current name, after the Romanian politician

Mihail Kogălniceanu Mihail Kogălniceanu (; also known as Mihail Cogâlniceanu, Michel de Kogalnitchan; September 6, 1817 – July 1, 1891) was a Romanian Liberalism, liberal statesman, lawyer, historian and publicist; he became Prime Minister of Romania on Octo ...

. Mihail Kogălniceanu is home to the Gheorghe Celea Museum, the first and only Aromanian museum in Romania, founded in 2006 by Willibard ("Willy") Wisoșenschi of the Mușata Armână Cultural Foundation.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Mihail Kogălniceanu had 8,273

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(84.95%), 3

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(0.03%), 246

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(2.53%), 3

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(0.03%), 33

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(0.34%), 419

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(4.30%), 108

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(1.11%), 642 others (6.59%), and 12 with undeclared ethnicity (0.12%).

Natives

Adolph Bachmeier Adolph (Adolf) Bachmeier (October 13, 1937 – July 21, 2016) was a U.S.-Romanian soccer player. He spent most of his playing career with various teams in Chicago. He also earned fifteen caps with the U.S. national team between 1959 and 1969. ...

* Dumitru Caraman *

Toma Enache Toma Enache (born 1 November 1970) is a Romanian film director and actor. Being of Aromanian ethnicity, he directed ''I'm Not Famous but I'm Aromanian'', the first film in the Aromanian language. Enache has also directed two other films. Activi ...

(born 1970), film director *

Stere Gulea Stere Gulea (born 2 August 1943) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. He was born in Mihail Kogălniceanu commune, Constanța County, in an Aromanian family that had fled from the Kaliakra region of Southern Dobruja during the 1940 popu ...

Adrian Pllotschi Adrian Pllotschi (born 26 October 1959) in Mihail Kogălniceanu, is a former Romanian rugby union football player and currently coach. He played as a wing. He is the uncle of the Romanian-Austrian Miss World 2014 contestant for Austria Julia Furd ...

* Stere Sertov
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References

External links

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