Topolog, Tulcea

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|type = commune

|county = Tulcea

|population_total = auto

|map_caption = Location in Tulcea County

|subdivisions = Calfa, Cerbu, Făgărașu Nou, Luminița, Măgurele, Sâmbăta Nouă, Topolog

| name = Topolog

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| image_map = Topolog jud Tulcea.png

| coordinates = {{coord|44|53|N|28|22|E|type:city|display=inline,title}}

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| area_total_km2 = 198.29

|leader_name = Marian Ciobanu{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |title=Results of the 2020 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=14 June 2021 |df=dmy-all}}

|leader_term = 2020–2024

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| postal_code = 827220

| website = {{url|https://primariatopolog.ro/}}

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Topolog is a commune in Tulcea County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Calfa, Cerbu (historical name:Hagiomer), Făgărașu Nou, Luminița (historical names: Rum Ali, Urumbei - until 1925, Regina Elisabeta - until 1948, Elena Pavel - until 1964),Luminița Parish, [http://www.parohialuminitatl.webgarden.ro/menu/istoric History of Luminița village], accessed on March 24, 2012 Măgurele, Sâmbăta Nouă and Topolog.

Făgărașu Nou (“New Făgăraș”) was founded around 1880 by Mihai Popa Radu, a former captain in the Austro-Hungarian Army. Naming the new village after his hometown, he brought along seventeen families from Transylvania, part of a broader migration of Mocani.Gheorghe, p. 72{{in lang|ro}} [https://tulcealibrary.ro/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/D-L.pdf Description] at the Panait Cerna Tulcea County Library site

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References

  • Lavinia Dacia Gheorghe, “Personalități mocane în județul Constanța (secolul XIX - începutul secolului XX)”, in Acta Musei Porolissensis, vol. XXXI-XXXII/2010, pp. 71-86
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{{Tulcea County}}

Category:Communes in Tulcea County

Category:Localities in Northern Dobruja

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