Mircea Vodă is a commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is located in the central part of the county, along the Danube–Black Sea Canal.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Mircea Vodă had a population of 4,886; of those, 4,727 were Romanians (99.24%), 28 Roma (0.59%), 6 Turks (0.13%), and 2 others (0.04%). At the 2021 census, there were 4,907 inhabitants, of which 90.46% were Romanians and 1.75% Roma.

History

Settlement in the area dates back at least to the time of the Roman Empire. In a place that the local Turks called "Acşandemir Tabiasi", a 10th-century castrum was found, which has a stone vallum. A Slavic inscription found in this place mentions a certain "Jupan Dimitrie" and the year 943.

Villages

The following villages belong to the commune:

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