Cogealac

Cogealac
Cogealac
Commune
	Saint Basil the Great Church in Cogealac
	Location in Constanța County
	Cogealac Location in Romania
	Coordinates: 44°33′N 28°34′E / 44.550°N 28.567°E
Country	Romania
County	Constanța
Subdivisions	Cogealac, Gura Dobrogei, Râmnicu de Jos, Râmnicu de Sus, Tariverde
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Hristu Cati (PSD)
Area	238.25 km2 (91.99 sq mi)
Elevation	85 m (279 ft)
Population (2021-12-01)	4,686
• Density	20/km2 (51/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	907070
Area code	+40 x41
Vehicle reg.	CT
Website	www.primariacogealac.ro

Cogealac is a commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania.

The commune includes six villages:

Cogealac (historical names: Domnești, Turkish: Kocalak)
Gura Dobrogei (historical names: Câvârgic, Turkish: Kıvırcık)
Râmnicu de Jos
Râmnicu de Sus
Tariverde (historical name: Dorotea)

The territory of the commune also includes the former village of Colelia (Turkish: Kuleli), at 44°36′10″N 28°24′39″E / 44.60278°N 28.41083°E / 44.60278; 28.41083, disestablished by Presidential Decree in 1977. The former village was populated by Dobrujan Germans until 1942 and it is now the site of the Colilia Monastery.^[3]

The Fântânele-Cogealac Wind Farm (with an installed nameplate capacity of 600 MW) is partly located on the territory of the commune.

On 2 March 2022, while searching for a crashed MiG-21 LanceR in the area, an IAR 330 military transport helicopter crashed near Gura Dobrogei, killing 7 military personnel.^[4]

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Cogealac had 4,466 Romanians (98.89%), 4 Turks (0.09%), 46 others (1.02%).

Notable people

Stoica Lascu (born 1951), historian

References

^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
^ (in Romanian) Formula As, The Monastery Named After a Herb, accessed on March 13, 2012
^ "Un avion MiG 21 LanceR a dispărut de pe radar în județul Constanța. Elicopterul care a plecat în căutarea avionului s-a prăbușit. Șapte militari au decedat. Avionul MiG s-a prăbușit". G4 Media (in Romanian). March 2, 2022.

Râmnicu de Sus

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[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) Formula As, The Monastery Named After a Herb, accessed on March 13, 2012

[4] "Un avion MiG 21 LanceR a dispărut de pe radar în județul Constanța. Elicopterul care a plecat în căutarea avionului s-a prăbușit. Șapte militari au decedat. Avionul MiG s-a prăbușit". G4 Media (in Romanian). March 2, 2022.

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