Mihail Kogălniceanu, Tulcea

Commune in Tulcea, Romania

(2020–2024) Anastase Alexe^[1] (PSD)Area

140.16 km² (54.12 sq mi)Elevation

24 m (79 ft)Population

(2021-12-01)^[2]

2,736 • Density20/km² (51/sq mi)Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)Vehicle reg.TLWebsitewww.primariakogalniceanu.ro

Mihail Kogălniceanu (Romanian pronunciation: [mihaˈil koɡəlniˈtʃe̯anu] ^ⓘ) is a commune in Tulcea County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Lăstuni (formerly Hagilar), Mihail Kogălniceanu (formerly Enichioi), and Rândunica (formerly Kongaz or Congaz).

At the 2011 census, the population was 98.4% Romanian and 1.1% Roma.^[3] At the 1930 census, the ethnic composition was as follows. Congaz was 93.9% Bulgarian and 4.5% Romanian; Hagilar was 96.2% Bulgarian and 3.2% Romanian; Mihail Kogălniceanu was 67.8% Bulgarian and 31.2% Romanian.^[4]

The ethnic Bulgarian population was resettled to Bulgaria during the population exchange following the Treaty of Craiova. As a result of this population exchange, the commune gained a large Aromanian community that still exists today.

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Notes

^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
^ (in Romanian) Populația stabilă după etnie - județe, municipii, orașe, comune, INSSE
^ (in Romanian) Populația statornică în 1930, p. 480, Institutul Central de Statistică