Cerna, Tulcea

Cerna (Megleno Romanian: Cerna) is a commune in Tulcea County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Cerna (Bulgarian: Черна), General Praporgescu, Mircea Vodă (historical name: Acpunar) and Traian. The commune is inhabited by a large number of Megleno-Romanians.

Cerna
Commune
The Priopcea Pass near Cerna village.
Location in Tulcea County
Cerna
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 45°05′N 28°19′E
Country Romania
CountyTulcea
SubdivisionsCerna, General Praporgescu, Mircea Vodă, Traian
Government
 • MayorPetre Șopu[1] (PSD)
Area
221.65 km2 (85.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
3,529
 • Density16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.TL
Websitewww.primariacerna.ro/ (in Romanian)

Demographics

Situated in a hilly landscape 55 km from the city of Tulcea and 25 km from Măcin, the village of Cerna had at the 2002 Romanian census a population of 2,427, and together with three smaller villages the population of the entire commune was 4,227. Estimates of the number of Megleno-Romanians in this village vary from 1,200 to 2,000, and they form the ethnic majority of it.[3]

In 1940, according to the stipulations of the Treaty of Craiova, the Bulgarian population from Cerna was resettled to Southern Dobruja, mainly to the village of Turcsmil, which was renamed Nova Cherna (New Cerna) in the memory of their former place of origin. They were replaced by the current Megleno-Romanian local population.[3]

Notable natives

References
  1. "Results of the 2016 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  2. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  3. Țîrcomnicu, Emil (2014). "Historical aspects regarding the Megleno-Romanian groups in Greece, the FY Republic of Macedonia, Turkey and Romania" (PDF). Memoria Ethnologica. 14 (52–53): 12–29.


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