Mihail Kogălniceanu, Constanța

Coordinates: 44°22′0″N 28°27′30″E / 44.36667°N 28.45833°E / 44.36667; 28.45833
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Mihail Kogălniceanu
Commune
Location in Constanța County
Location in Constanța County
Mihail Kogălniceanu is located in Romania
Mihail Kogălniceanu
Mihail Kogălniceanu
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 44°22′0″N 28°27′30″E / 44.36667°N 28.45833°E / 44.36667; 28.45833
CountryRomania
CountyConstanța
SubdivisionsMihail Kogălniceanu, Palazu Mic, Piatra
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2024) Ancuța-Daniela Belu[1] (PNL)
Area
165.51 km2 (63.90 sq mi)
Population
 (2021-12-01)[2]
9,103
 • Density55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.CT
Websitehttp://www.mk-primaria.ro

Mihail Kogălniceanu (Romanian pronunciation:

commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania, located 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Constanța
proper. The commune includes three villages:

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 is located nearby.

History

The village is situated on the site of a Roman settlement called Vicus Clementianus, discovered by the archaeologist Vasile Pârvan in 1913.

In 1651, the place was mentioned by the Ottoman traveler Evliya Çelebi as a Tatar settlement named Kara Murat ("Black Murat", after its founder).

In 1879-1880, after the incorporation of

communist regime, the commune was given its current name, after the Romanian politician Mihail Kogălniceanu
.

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.[3][4]

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Mihail Kogălniceanu had 8,273

Roma (2.53%), 3 Germans (0.03%), 33 Turks (0.34%), 419 Tatars (4.30%), 108 Aromanians (1.11%), 642 others (6.59%), and 12 with undeclared ethnicity (0.12%).[5]

Natives


  • Town Hall
    Town Hall
  • Cultural Center
    Cultural Center
  • Clinic
    Clinic

References

  1. ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  3. ^ Anghel, Carmen (25 March 2014). "Primul muzeu al aromânilor". Jurnalul Național (in Romanian).
  4. ^ Nicolau, Nicoleta (19 September 2015). ""Acasă la maia" - expoziție de meșteșuguri tradiționale la Muzeul "Gheorghe Celea"". Ziua de Constanța (in Romanian).
  5. ^ "Constanța County at the 2011 census" (PDF) (in Romanian). INSSE. February 2, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 24, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
  6. ^ Godja, Dani (5 November 2019). "Regizorul Toma Enache ne povestește adevăruri pe care nu avem voie să le uităm" (in Romanian). Elita României.

External links

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