Cernavodă
Cernavodă | |
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| Cernavodă and the Danube-Black Sea Canal Cernavodă and the Danube-Black Sea Canal | |
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Coat of arms of Cernavodă Coat of arms | |
| Location in Constanța County Location in Constanța County | |
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| Country | Romania |
| County | Constanța |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2024–2028) | Liviu Negoiță[1] (PNL) |
Area | 46.69 km2 (18.03 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
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| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 905200 |
| Vehicle reg. | CT |
| Website | www |
Cernavodă (Romanian pronunciation: [t͡ʃernaˈvodə]) is a town in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania with a population of 15,088 as of 2021.
The town's name is derived from the Bulgarian cherna voda (черна вода in Cyrillic), meaning 'black water'. This name is regarded by some scholars as a calque of the earlier Thracian name Axíopa, from IE *n̥ksei 'dark' and upā 'water' (cf. Avestan axšaēna- 'dark' and Lithuanian ùpė 'river, creek').[2]
Economy
[edit | edit source]The town is a Danube fluvial port. It houses the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant, consisting of two CANDU reactors providing about 18% of Romania's electrical energy output. The second reactor was built through a joint venture between Canada's Atomic Energy of Canada Limited and Italy's ANSALDO and became fully functional in November 2007.
The Danube–Black Sea Canal, opened in 1984, runs from Cernavodă to Agigea and Năvodari.
The outskirts of Cernavodă host numerous vineyards, producers of Chardonnay wine. The largest winery in the area is Murfatlar.
History
[edit | edit source]Cernavodă was founded under the name Axiopolis by the ancient Greeks in the 4th century BC as a trading post for contacts with local Dacians.[citation needed] A Roman fort was built as part of the defensive frontier system of the Moesian Limes along the Danube.
The railroad from Constanța to Cernavodă was opened in 1860 by the Ottoman administration.
Cernavodă was one of the capitals of the short-lived Silistra Nouă County (1878–1879).
The town gives its name to the late copper age Cernavodă archaeological culture, ca. 4000–3200 BC.
Demographics
[edit | edit source]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1912 | 5,743 | — |
| 1930 | 6,744 | +17.4% |
| 1948 | 6,100 | −9.5% |
| 1956 | 8,802 | +44.3% |
| 1966 | 11,259 | +27.9% |
| 1977 | 13,608 | +20.9% |
| 1992 | 22,043 | +62.0% |
| 2002 | 20,514 | −6.9% |
| 2011 | 16,129 | −21.4% |
| 2021 | 15,088 | −6.5% |
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At the 2021 census Cernavodă had a population of 15,088 with a majority of Romanians (80.4%) and minorities of Turks (2.23%), Roma (0.66%), Lipovans (0.47%), Tatars (0.15%), Hungarians (0.05%), Bulgarians (0.02%), others (0.7%) and unknown (15.32%).[3]
At the 2011 census Cernavodă had 16,129 inhabitants; of those, 14,969 were Romanians (92.81%), 463 Turks (2.87%), 374 Roma (2.32%), 106 Lipovans (0.66%), 40 Tatars (0.25%), 15 Hungarians (0.09%), and 162 others.
Natives
[edit | edit source]- Iulian Carabela (born 1996), footballer
- Alexandru Claudian (1898–1962), sociologist, political figure, and poet
- Iosipos Moisiodax (1725–1800), philosopher, deacon, and educator
See also
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External links
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- Official site of the City of Cernavodă Archived 2020-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
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