Cacica (, ) is a commune in

Suceava County Suceava County () is a county (') of Romania. Most of its territory lies in the southern part of the Historical regions of Romania, historical region of Bukovina, while the remainder forms part of Western Moldavia proper. The county seat and the ...

, in the historical region of

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, northeastern

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. The commune is located in the central part of the county, from the town of

Gura Humorului Gura Humorului (; Hebrew and Yiddish: גורה חומורולוי - ''Gure Humuruluei'' or גורא הומאָרא - ''Gura Humora''; German and Polish: ''Gura Humora'') is a town in Suceava County, northeastern Romania. It is situated in the hi ...

, from the city of

Rădăuți Rădăuți (; ; ; ; , ''Radivtsi''; ''Radevits''; ) is a town in Suceava County, north-eastern Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Bukovina. According to the 2021 census, Rădăuți is the second largest urban settlement in the ...

, and from the county seat,

Suceava Suceava () is a Municipiu, city in northeastern Romania. The seat of Suceava County, it is situated in the Historical regions of Romania, historical regions of Bukovina and Western Moldavia, Moldavia, northeastern Romania. It is the largest urban ...

. At the 2011 census, 74.8% of inhabitants were

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, 20.2%

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, and 4.4%

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. Its Polish inhabitants are descended from settlers who arrived there at the turn of the 19th century during the Habsburg period.

Administration and local politics

Commune council

The commune's current local council has the following political composition, according to the results of the

2020 Romanian local elections Local elections were held in Romania on 27 September 2020. Initially planned for June 2020, the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic led the Government of Romania to postpone the elections to a date no later than 31 December 2020, and extending al ...

Villages

The commune is composed of five villages: namely Cacica, Maidan, Pârteștii de Sus (the commune center), Runcu, and Solonețu Nou.

Solonețu Nou

Solonețu Nou () is one of the Polish villages in

, in the historical region of

, northeastern

. It was established in 1834 by 30 Polish families in the Soloneț river valley. A Polish school was founded in the village in 1870. 523 people from the village were deported to Poland after 1945 and the school was closed. Some Poles settled in Złotnik, Poland. After the

Romanian Revolution The Romanian revolution () was a period of violent Civil disorder, civil unrest in Socialist Republic of Romania, Romania during December 1989 as a part of the revolutions of 1989 that occurred in several countries around the world, primarily ...

of 1989, the Polish school was reopened. In 1995 there were 718 inhabitants in the village. The Polish community from Solonețu Nou (together with those of

Solca Solca (; ; ) is a town in Suceava County, northeastern Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Bukovina. Solca is the smallest town in the county and the third-smallest town in Romania, with a population of 2,405 inhabitants, accordin ...

, Pleșa, Racova, and

Arbore Arbore () is a commune located in Suceava County, Bukovina, northeastern Romania. It is composed of three villages: namely Arbore, Bodnăreni, and Clit. The commune is located in the central-north part of the county, northwest of the county s ...

) has 365 families with 1046

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s of Polish ethnicity.

Natives

* Valeriu Alaci (1884–1955), Romanian mathematician * Ghervazen Longher (born 1972), Polish-Romanian politician

Gallery

File:Cacica salt mine chapel01.jpg,

chapel dedicated to Saint Barbara, located in the salt mine File:Rumunia, Kaczyka, kościół rzymskokatolicki DSCF7626.jpg, Roman Catholic Polish basilica in Cacica File:Biserica romano-catolica din Solonetu Nou11.jpg, Roman Catholic church in Solonețu Nou File:Biserica greco-catolica din Cacica.jpg,

Greek Catholic Greek Catholic Church or Byzantine-Catholic Church may refer to: * The Catholic Church in Greece * The Eastern Catholic Churches The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also known as the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Ea ...

church in Cacica File:Biserica Ortodoxa Cacica - panoramio.jpg, Orthodox church in Cacica File:Cacica - Gradinita de Copii - panoramio.jpg, Cacica kindergarten File:Cacica - Scoala Generala - panoramio.jpg, Cacica elementary school File:Panorama Cacica - Biserica Ortodoxa - panoramio.jpg, Panoramic view over Cacica, with the Orthodox church in the background File:Cacica, Bucovina - panoramio - bajerskip (1).jpg, Panoramic view over Cacica, with the Roman Catholic basilica seen in the background File:SolonetuNou.jpg, Solonețu Nou () village, with the local Roman Catholic church seen in the background File:Nowy Sołoniec (Rumunia), Solonețu Nou 03.jpg, Rural landscape from Solonețu Nou (2018) File:Nowy Sołoniec (Rumunia), Solonețu Nou 06.jpg, Solonețu Nou (2018)

References

* Mihai Patrașcu
Vizită pastorală la Soloneţu Nou
("A pastoral visit to Solonețu Nou"), on the site of the Roman Catholic Episcopate of Iași. Undated, bu
index
places it as December 2005. Accessed 7 Jan 2006.

External links

Polish Community in Cacica

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