Lumina,_Constanța

Lumina, Constanța

Lumina, Constanța

Commune in Constanța, Romania

For other uses, see Lumina (disambiguation).

Lumina (Romanian for "the light") is a commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania.

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The commune includes three villages:

  • Lumina (historical names: Valea Neagră (until 1965); Cogealia, Kogea-Ali (until 1929) - Turkish: Kocaali, German: Kodschalie)
  • Oituz - established in 1926, named after Oituz (Bacău County)
  • Sibioara (historical name: Cicrâcci, Turkish: Çıkrıkçı)

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Lumina had 7,619 Romanians (93.82%), 104 Roma (1.28%), 95 Turks (1.17%), 282 Tatars (3.47%), 4 Aromanians (0.05%), 17 others (0.21%).[3]

A large community of Csángó Hungarians lives in the village of Oituz.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 15 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.
  3. [3]
    "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.
  4. [4]
    Iancu, Mariana (25 April 2018). "Fascinanta poveste a ceangăilor care au ridicat un sat în pustiul dobrogean stăpânit de șerpi: "Veneau coloniști și ne furau tot, până și lanțul de la fântână"". Adevărul (in Romanian).


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