Cobadin

Cobadin
Commune
Cobadin Location of Cobadin
Coordinates: 44°03′53″N 28°13′54″E / 44.064710°N 28.231602°ECoordinates: 44°03′53″N 28°13′54″E / 44.064710°N 28.231602°E
Country	Romania
County	Constanţa County
Status	Commune
Component villages	Cobadin, Viişoara, Negreşti, Curcani, Conacu
Government
• Mayor	Cornel Cocoș (National Liberal Party)
Area
• Total	188.41 km^2 (72.75 sq mi)
Population (2011) [1]
• Total	8,346
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	primaria-cobadin.ro

Cobadin is a commune in Constanţa County, Romania. The commune includes five villages:

• Cobadin (historical names: Cobadinu, Turkish: Kobadin)
• Viişoara (historical name: Caciamac, Turkish: Kaçamak)
• Negreşti (historical name: Carabacâ, Turkish: Karabağ')
• Conacu (historical name: Beşaul)
• Curcani (historical name: Chertic-Punar, Turkish: Kertikpınar) - disestablished by Presidential Decree before 1990, the village is nevertheless listed in the official settlements register

The territory of the commune also includes the former village of Frasinu (historical name: Terzi-Veli), at 43°59′14″N 28°6′16″E / 43.98722°N 28.10444°E, nominally merged with Curcani by the 1968 administrative reform.

Population

As of 2011, the population of the commune was 8,346, out of which:

• 6,480 (77.44%) Romanians
• 1,021 (12.23%) Turks
• 442 (5.29%) Tatars
• 359 (4.30%) Romani
• 7 (0.08%) Aromanians
• 37 others

Famous natives

• Pericle Martinescu, writer and journalist

References

1. "Constanta 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.