Cobadin is a commune in Constanța County,

Northern Dobruja Northern Dobruja ( ro, Dobrogea de Nord or simply ; bg, Северна Добруджа, ''Severna Dobrudzha'') is the part of Dobruja within the borders of Romania. It lies between the lower Danube river and the Black Sea, bordered in the south ...

, Romania. The commune includes five villages: *Cobadin (historical names: ''Cobadinu'', tr, Kobadin) *Viișoara (historical name: ''Caciamac'', tr, Kaçamak) *Negrești (historical name: ''Carabacâ'', tr, Karabağ') *Conacu (historical name: ''Beșaul'') *Curcani (historical name: ''Chertic-Punar'', tr, 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 , nominally merged with Curcani by the 1968 administrative reform. Two battles were fought on the territory of the commune and in the surrounding area during World War I: the

First Battle of Cobadin The First Battle of Cobadin, also known as the First Battle of the Rasova–Cobadin–Tuzla Line, was a battle fought from 17 to 19 of September 1916 between the Bulgarian Third Army and the Romanian–Russian Army of the Dobruja. The battle end ...

(September 17–19, 1916), and the

Second Battle of Cobadin The Second Battle of Cobadin was a battle fought from 19 to 25 October 1916 between the Central Powers, chiefly the Bulgarian Third Army, and the Entente, represented by the Russo–Romanian Dobruja Army. The battle ended in a decisive victor ...

(October 19–25, 1916).

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 Romani may refer to: Ethnicities * Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia ** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule * Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...

* 7 (0.08%) Aromanians * 37 others

Famous natives

Pericle Martinescu Pericle Martinescu (; February 11, 1911 in Viişoara, Constanța County – December 24, 2005, Timișoara) was a Romanian writer and journalist. Martinescu studied literature and philosophy at the University of Bucharest. His first poems appe ...

, writer and journalist

References

Communes in Constanța County Localities in Northern Dobruja {{Constanţa-geo-stub