Dagâţa

Coordinates: 46°56′N 27°11′E / 46.933°N 27.183°E / 46.933; 27.183

Dagâţa
—  Commune  —
Dagâţa
Coordinates: 46°56′N 27°11′E / 46.933°N 27.183°E / 46.933; 27.183
Country	Romania
County	Iaşi County
Population (2002)[1]	4,809
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Dagâţa is a commune in Iaşi County, Romania. It is composed of eight villages: Băluşeşti, Boatca, Buzdug, Dagâţa, Mănăstirea, Piscu Rusului, Poienile, Tarniţa and Zece Prăjini. The commune had 4809 people at the 2002 census; of these, 89.8% were ethnic Romanian and 10.2% were Roma. 98.9% of inhabitants were Romanian Orthodox.

Zece Prăjini ("Ten Fields"), population 400,^[2] is the village from which the Roma brass band Fanfare Ciocărlia work.

References

1. ^ Romanian census data, 2002; retrieved on March 1, 2010
2. ^ Kun, Josh (2006). "They're With the Band, Speaking That Global Language: Brass". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/09/arts/music/09kun.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2. Retrieved 2007-12-29.