Pecineaga

For the commune in Tulcea County, see Peceneaga. For the river in Buzău County, see Pecineaga (river).
Pecineaga
Commune
Location in Constanța County
Location in Constanța County
Pecineaga is located in Romania
Pecineaga
Pecineaga
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 43°53′43″N 28°29′58″E / 43.89528°N 28.49944°E / 43.89528; 28.49944
CountryRomania
CountyConstanța
SubdivisionsPecineaga, Vânători
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2024) Niculae Stan[1] (PSD)
Area
55.7 km2 (21.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2021-12-01)[2]
3,187
 • Density57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code
907235 (Pecineaga)
907236 (Vânători)
Vehicle reg.CT
Websitewww.primaria-pecineaga.ro

Pecineaga is a commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. To the southeast of the commune lies the city of Mangalia.

Administration

The commune includes two villages:

  • Pecineaga (Turkish: Pecenek, old names: Gherengic until 1923, Turkish: Gerencik; I.G. Duca between 1933 and 1940)[3]
  • Vânători (historical names: Haidarchioi; Turkish: Aşçılar).

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, the commune had a population 3,063, of which 97% were Romanians and the rest mostly Turks and Tatars. At the 2011 census, Pecineaga had 2,959 Romanians (95.82%), 77 Turks (2.49%), 36 Tatars (1.17%), 10 Roma (0.32%), and 6 others (0.19%).[4]

History

It was named after the Pechenegs, a Turkic semi-nomadic people which settled in this place in the 10th/11th century. When founded, the village bore the name Gerencik. It was colonized successively by Crimean Tatars (1857), Transylvanian shepherds (Mocani) (after 1878), ploughers from Brăila County (1885) and Râmnicu Sărat. From 1933 until 1940 the village was named Ion Gheorghe Duca, after the prime minister assassinated in 1933 by an Iron Guard death squad.

Natives

References

  1. ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  3. ^ (in Romanian) Pecineaga Town Hall, History of Pecineaga, accessed on May 16, 2012
  4. ^ "Constanța County at the 2011 census" (PDF) (in Romanian). INSSE. February 2, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 24, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012.