Lumina, Constanța Explained

Type:commune
County:Constanța
Population Total:auto
Subdivisions:Lumina, Oituz, Sibioara
Official Name:Lumina
Leader Name:Dumitru Chiru[1]
Leader Term:2020 - 2024
Leader Party:PSD
Area Total Km2:48.75
Coordinates:44.2833°N 62°W

Lumina (Romanian for "the light") is a commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania.

The commune includes three villages:

Demographics

At the 2021 census Lumina had a population of 10,770 with a majority of Romanians (72.31%) and minorities of Tatars (2.35%), Roma (2.27%), Turks (0.24%), Lipovans (0.11%), Germans (0.05%), Bulgarians (0.03%), others (0.27%) and unknown (22.37%).

At the 2011 census, Lumina had 7,619 Romanians (93.82%), 104 Roma (1.28%), 95 Turks (1.17%), 282 Tatars (3.47%), 4 Aromanians (0.05%), 17 others (0.21%).[2]

A large community of Csángó Hungarians lives in the village of Oituz.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results of the 2020 local elections . Central Electoral Bureau . 15 June 2021 . dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Constanța County at the 2011 census . February 2, 2012 . March 8, 2012 . . Romanian . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324053940/http://www.constanta.insse.ro/phpfiles/COMUNICAT_RPL_CONSTANTA.pdf . March 24, 2012 .
  3. News: Fascinanta poveste a ceangăilor care au ridicat un sat în pustiul dobrogean stăpânit de șerpi: "Veneau coloniști și ne furau tot, până și lanțul de la fântână". Mariana. Iancu. Adevărul. 25 April 2018. ro.