Mircea Vodă, Constanța
Mircea Vodă is a commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is located in the central part of the county, along the Danube–Black Sea Canal.
Demographics
At the 2011 census, Mircea Vodă had a population of 4,886; of those, 4,727 were Romanians, 28 Roma, 6 Turks, and 2 others. At the 2021 census, there were 4,907 inhabitants, of which 90.46% were Romanians and 1.75% Roma.History
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.Villages
The following villages belong to the commune:- Mircea Vodă - named after Mircea I of Wallachia
- Gherghina
- Satu Nou
- Țibrinu