Cernavodă | |
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 Cernavodă and theDanube-Black Sea Canal | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Constanța County | |
  Cernavodă Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates:44°20′17″N28°02′01″E / 44.33806°N 28.03361°E /44.33806; 28.03361 | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Constanța |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2024) | Liviu Negoiță[2] (PNL) |
Area | 46.69 km2 (18.03 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[1] | 15,088 |
| • Density | 323.2/km2 (837.0/sq mi) |
| 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 inConstanța County,Northern Dobruja,Romania with a population of 15,088 as of 2021.
The town's name is derived from theBulgariancherna voda (черна вода inCyrillic), meaning 'black water'. This name is regarded by some scholars as acalque of the earlierThracian nameAxíopa, fromIE *n̥ksei 'dark' andupā 'water' (cf.Avestanaxšaēna- 'dark' andLithuanianùpė 'river, creek').[3]
The town is aDanubefluvial port. It houses theCernavodă Nuclear Power Plant, consisting of twoCANDU reactors providing about 18% of Romania's electrical energy output. The second reactor was built through a joint venture betweenCanada'sAtomic Energy of Canada Limited andItaly'sANSALDO and became fully functional in November 2007.
TheDanube–Black Sea Canal, opened in 1984, runs from Cernavodă toAgigea andNăvodari.
The outskirts of Cernavodă host numerousvineyards, producers ofChardonnay wine. The largestwinery in the area isMurfatlar.
Cernavodă was founded under the nameAxiopolis by the ancientGreeks in the 4th century BC as a trading post for contacts with localDacians.[citation needed] A Roman fort was built as part of the defensive frontier system of theMoesian Limes along the Danube.
The railroad fromConstanța to Cernavodă was opened in 1860 by theOttoman administration.
Cernavodă was one of the capitals of the short-livedSilistra Nouă County (1878–1879).
The town gives its name to the latecopper ageCernavodă archaeological culture, ca.4000–3200 BC.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| Source: Census data | ||
At the2021 census Cernavodă had a population of 15,088 with a majority ofRomanians (80.4%) and minorities ofTurks (2.23%),Roma (0.66%),Lipovans (0.47%),Tatars (0.15%),Hungarians (0.05%),Bulgarians (0.02%), others (0.7%) and unknown (15.32%).[4]
At the2011 census Cernavodă had 16,129 inhabitants; of those, 14,969 wereRomanians (92.81%), 463Turks (2.87%), 374Roma (2.32%), 106Lipovans (0.66%), 40Tatars (0.25%), 15Hungarians (0.09%), and 162 others.
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