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C. A. Rosetti, Tulcea

C. A. Rosetti, Tulcea

Commune in Tulcea, Romania

This article is about a commune in Tulcea County. For the commune in Buzău County, see C. A. Rosetti, Buzău. For the Romanian politician, see C. A. Rosetti.

C. A. Rosetti is a commune in Tulcea County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. The commune is named for writer and politician Constantin Alexandru Rosetti. It is composed of five villages: C. A. Rosetti, Cardon, Letea, Periprava, and Sfiștofca.

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The commune lies on the right bank of the Chilia branch of the Danube. It is located in the northeastern part of the county, on the border with Ukraine. A ferry service across the Danube operates from Periprava to Vylkove, a small city in the Izmail Raion of Odesa Oblast.

At the 2011 census, 65.7% of the inhabitants were Romanians, 24.3% Russian Lipovans, and 9.8% Ukrainians. The same census found that Letea (Russian: Летя, Letya) village had 348 inhabitants, down from 404 in 2002. Of those, 399 were native speakers of Romanian, and 5 of Ukrainian.[3]

The painter Stavru Tarasov [ro] (1883–1961) was born in Letea.[4]

The Periprava labor camp operated near the village of Periprava during communist rule.

References

  1. [1]
    "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
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    "Recensământul Populației și al Locuințelor" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on January 19, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  4. [4]
    Ifrim, Aurel. "Stavru Tarasov, un posibil Ingres al românilor" (in Romanian). Convorbiri Literare.
  • Old mill in Letea
    Old mill in Letea
  • Monastery of the Nativity in Letea
    Monastery of the Nativity in Letea
  • Sunset on Lake Nebunu in Periprava
    Sunset on Lake Nebunu in Periprava
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