Lumina, Constanța

{{Infobox Romanian subdivision

|type = commune

|county = Constanța

|population_total = auto

|image_map = Lumina jud Constanta.jpg

|map_caption = Location in Constanța County

|subdivisions = Lumina, Oituz, Sibioara

|official_name=Lumina

|image_shield=ROU CT Lumina CoA.png

|leader_name = Dumitru Chiru{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |title=Results of the 2020 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=15 June 2021 |df=dmy-all}}

|leader_term = 2020–2024

|leader_party = PSD

|area_total_km2=48.75

|coordinates = {{coord|44|17|N|28|34|E|region:RO_type:city(3220)|display=inline,title}}

|website={{url|http://www.primaria-lumina.ro/}}

}}

Lumina (Romanian for "the light") is a commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania.

The commune includes three villages:

Lumina (historical names: Valea Neagră (until 1965); Cogealia, Kogea-Ali (until 1929) - {{langx|tr|Kocaali}}, {{langx|de|Kodschalie}})
Oituz - established in 1926, named after Oituz (Bacău County)
Sibioara (historical name: Cicrâcci, {{langx|tr|Çıkrıkçı}})

Demographics

At the 2021 census Lumina had a population of 10,770 with a majority of Romanians (72.31%) and minorities of Tatars (2.35%), Roma (2.27%), Turks (0.24%), Lipovans (0.11%), Germans (0.05%), Bulgarians (0.03%), others (0.27%) and unknown (22.37%).

At the 2011 census, Lumina had 7,619 Romanians (93.82%), 104 Roma (1.28%), 95 Turks (1.17%), 282 Tatars (3.47%), 4 Aromanians (0.05%), 17 others (0.21%).{{cite web|url=http://www.constanta.insse.ro/phpfiles/COMUNICAT_RPL_CONSTANTA.pdf |title=Constanța County at the 2011 census |date=February 2, 2012 |access-date=March 8, 2012 |publisher=INSSE |language=Romanian |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324053940/http://www.constanta.insse.ro/phpfiles/COMUNICAT_RPL_CONSTANTA.pdf |archive-date=March 24, 2012 }}

A large community of Csángó Hungarians lives in the village of Oituz.{{cite news|url=https://adevarul.ro/locale/constanta/fascinanta-poveste-ceangailor-ridicat-sat-pustiul-dobrogean-stapanit-serpi-veneau-colonisti-furau-tot-lantul-fantana-1_5adf10b9df52022f752e07de/index.html|title=Fascinanta poveste a ceangăilor care au ridicat un sat în pustiul dobrogean stăpânit de șerpi: "Veneau coloniști și ne furau tot, până și lanțul de la fântână"|first=Mariana|last=Iancu|newspaper=Adevărul|date=25 April 2018|language=ro}}

References

Category:Communes in Constanța County

Category:Localities in Northern Dobruja