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Cerchezu

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Country
  
Romania

Status
  
Commune

Area
  
72.67 km²

County
  
Constanța County

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Local time
  
Wednesday 9:28 AM

Cerchezu

Component villages
  
Cerchezu, Căscioarele, Măgura, Viroaga

Website
  
http://www.cjc.ro/Info%20localitati/Localitati/Cerchezu.htm

Weather
  
11°C, Wind E at 26 km/h, 73% Humidity

Cerchezu is a commune in Constanța County, Romania.

Contents

Map of Cerchezu, Romania

The commune includes two villages:

  • Cerchezu (historical name: Cerchezchioi, Turkish: Çerkezköy, German: Tscherkess) - named after the Circassian minority that settled the region
  • Căscioarele (historical name: Mamușlia, Turkish: Mamuşlu, German: Mamuslia)
  • Măgura (historical name: Docuzaci, Turkish: Dokuzağaç )
  • Viroaga (historical name: Calfachioi, Turkish: Kalfaköy )

    • The territory of the commune also includes the former village of Căciulați (historical name: Cealmagea), nominally merged with Viroaga by the 1968 administrative reform.

    Demographics

    At the 2011 census, Cerchezu had 1,287 Romanians (99.84%), 2 others (0.16%). Before World War II the village had a small German minority.

    References

    Cerchezu Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA