Topolog, Tulcea

Commune in Tulcea, Romania

(2020–2024) Marian Ciobanu^[1]Area

198.29 km² (76.56 sq mi)Population

(2021-12-01)^[2]

3,958 • Density20/km² (52/sq mi)Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)Postal code

827220

Vehicle reg.TLWebsiteprimariatopolog.ro

Topolog is a commune in Tulcea County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Calfa, Cerbu (historical name:Hagiomer), Făgărașu Nou, Luminița (historical names: Rum Ali, Urumbei - until 1925, Regina Elisabeta - until 1948, Elena Pavel - until 1964),^[3] Măgurele, Sâmbăta Nouă and Topolog.

Făgărașu Nou (“New Făgăraș”) was founded around 1880 by Mihai Popa Radu, a former captain in the Austro-Hungarian Army. Naming the new village after his hometown, he brought along seventeen families from Transylvania, part of a broader migration of Mocani.^[4]^[5]

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.
^ Luminița Parish, History of Luminița village, accessed on March 24, 2012
^ Gheorghe, p. 72
^ (in Romanian) Description at the Panait Cerna Tulcea County Library site

References

Lavinia Dacia Gheorghe, “Personalități mocane în județul Constanța (secolul XIX - începutul secolului XX)”, in Acta Musei Porolissensis, vol. XXXI-XXXII/2010, pp. 71-86