Cobadin
Cobadin is a commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. The commune includes five villages:
- Cobadin
- Viișoara
- Negrești
- Conacu
- Curcani - disestablished by Presidential Decree before 1990, the village is nevertheless listed in the official settlements register
Geography
Cobadin is situated at an altitude of about, on the banks of the river Urluia. The commune is located in the southern part of Constanța County, southwest of the county seat, the port city of Constanța. It is crossed by national road DN3, which starts in Bucharest, to the west, and ends in Constanța, on the Black Sea coast.History
Two battles were fought on the territory of the commune and in the surrounding area during World War I: the First Battle of Cobadin, and the Second Battle of Cobadin.Population
As of the 2011 census, the population of the commune was 8,346, out of which 6,480 were Romanians, 1,021 Turks, 442 Tatars, 359 Romani, 7 Aromanians, and 37 others. At the 2021 census, Cobadin had 9,122 inhabitants; of those, 71.77% were Romanians, 15.86% Turks, 4.05% Tatars, and 1.26% Romani.Natives
- Pericle Martinescu, writer and journalist
- , nuclear physicist and honorary member of the Romanian Academy
- , writer and corresponding member of the Romanian Academy