Mircea Vodă 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 ...

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 located in the central part of the county, along the

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Demographics

At the 2011 census, Mircea Vodă had a population of 4,886; of those, 4,727 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, ...

(99.24%), 28

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(0.59%), 6

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(0.13%), and 2 others (0.04%). At the 2021 census, there were 4,907 inhabitants, of which 90.46% were Romanians and 1.75% Roma.

History

Settlement in the area dates back at least to the time of the

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. In a place that the local Turks called "Acşandemir Tabiasi", a 10th-century

castrum ''Castra'' () is a Latin language, Latin term used during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire for a military 'camp', and ''castrum'' () for a 'Fortification, fort'. Either could refer to a building or plot of land, used as a fortified milita ...

was found, which has a stone

vallum Vallum is either the whole or a portion of the fortifications of a Roman camp. The vallum usually comprised an earthen or turf rampart ( Agger) with a wooden palisade on top, with a deep outer ditch (fossa). The name is derived from '' vallus'' (a ...

. A

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inscription found in this place mentions a certain "Jupan Dimitrie" and the year 943.''Dicţionar de istorie veche a României'', Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică (1976)

Villages

The following villages belong to the commune: * Mircea Vodă (historical name: ''Celebichioi'' or ''Celibichioi'', ) - named after

Mircea I of Wallachia Mircea the Elder (, ; 1355 – 31 January 1418) was the Voivode of Wallachia from 1386 until his death in 1418. He was the son of Radu I of Wallachia and brother of Dan I of Wallachia, after whose death he inherited the throne. After the dea ...

* Gherghina (historical name: ''Defcea'', ) * Satu Nou (historical name: ''Enichioi'', ) * Țibrinu (historical name: ''Ceabacu'')

Image gallery

File:Mithraic relief Mircea Voda 2.jpg, Mithraic relief from Mircea Vodă, 2nd century CE - Museum of Romanian History,

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References

Communes in Constanța County Localities in Northern Dobruja {{Constanța-geo-stub