Valu lui Traian

Valu lui Traian (historical name: Hasancea, Turkish: Hasançay) is a commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania.

Valu lui Traian
Commune
Coat of arms
Location in Constanța County
Valu lui Traian
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 44°9′54″N 28°27′18″E
Country Romania
CountyConstanța
Government
 • MayorFlorin Mitroi[1] (PNL)
Area
63.29 km2 (24.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
12,376
 • Density200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.CT
Websitewww.valu-lui-traian.ro

The commune was established in 1897, under the name Hasancea. In 1925 it was renamed Valu lui Traian (Trajan's Wall), after the vallum located nearby. In 1967, the village of Valea Seacă (historical name: Omurcea, Turkish: Ömürçay) was merged into Valu lui Traian, now the commune's only village.

Nature reserve

There is a nature reserve north-east of Valu lui Traian village, in the Medgidia plateau. It is located on top of an archaeological site, remnants of a Roman defensive system, and houses several species of xerophilous plants and shrubs on its slopes.[3][4]

Demographics

At the 2002 census, 81.5% of inhabitants were Romanians, 15% Tatars, 2.1% Roma and 1.2% Turks. 82% were Romanian Orthodox and 16.1% Muslim. At the 2011 census, Valu lui Traian had 9,815 Romanians (85.71%), 6 Hungarians (0.05%), 213 Roma (1.86%), 3 Germans (0.03%), 191 Turks (1.67%), 1,189 Tatars (10.38%), 7 Lipovans (0.06%), 20 others (0.17%), 8 with undeclared ethnicity (0.07%).[5]

References
  1. "Rezultate finale în judeţul Constanţa. Iată care sunt noii primari din judeţ!" (in Romanian). Ziua de Constanța. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  2. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  3. Analiza privind situaţia actuală a ariilor naturale protejate din Regiunea de Dezvoltare Sud–Est, p. 72-73
  4. "Valu Lui Traian". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  5. "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.
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