Mircea Vodă, Constanţa

For other places with the same name, see Mircea Vodă (disambiguation).

Mircea Vodă
—  Commune  —
Coat of arms
Mircea Vodă Location of Mircea Vodă, Constanţa
Coordinates: 44°16′39″N 28°10′18″E / 44.2775°N 28.17167°E / 44.2775; 28.17167Coordinates: 44°16′39″N 28°10′18″E / 44.2775°N 28.17167°E / 44.2775; 28.17167
Country	Romania
County	Constanţa County
Status	Commune
Government
– Mayor	Dumitru Dedu (Social Democratic Party)
Population (2002)
– Total	7,084
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	http://www.primaria-mirceavoda.ro

Mircea Vodă is a commune in Constanţa County, Dobrogea, Romania.

History

Mithraic relief from Mircea Vodă, 2nd century CE. Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest.

Settlement in the area dates back at least to the time of the Roman Empire. In a place that the local Turks called "Acşandemir Tabiasi", a 10th century castrum was found, which has a stone vallum. A Slavic inscription found in this place mentions a certain "Jupan Dimitrie" and the year 943.^[1]

Villages

The following villages belong to the commune:

• Mircea Vodă (historical name: Acpunar, Turkish: Akpınar) - named after Mircea I of Wallachia
• Gherghina (historical name: Defcea, Turkish: Devce)
• Satu Nou (historical name: Enichioi, Turkish: Yeniköy)
• Tibrinu (historical name: Ceabacu)

References

1. ^ Dicţionar de istorie veche a României, Editura Ştiinţifică şi Enciclopedică (1976)