Valu lui Traian
{{short description|Commune in Constanța, Romania}}
{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type = commune
|county = Constanța
|population_total = auto
|image_map = Valu lui Traian jud Constanta.jpg
|map_caption = Location in Constanța County
|image_skyline = Valu lui Traian (2018-10-16).jpg
|official_name=Valu lui Traian
|image_shield=ROU CT Valu lui Traian CoA.png
|coordinates = {{coord|44|9|54|N|28|27|18|E|region:RO_type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}}
|leader_name = Florin Mitroi{{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 = PNL
|area_total_km2=63.29
|website={{url|http://www.valu-lui-traian.ro}}
}}
Valu lui Traian (historical name: Hasancea, {{langx|tr|Hasançay}}) is a commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania.
The commune was established in 1897, under the name Hasancea. In 1925 it was renamed Valu lui Traian (Trajan's Wall), after the vallum located nearby. In 1967, the village of Valea Seacă (historical name: Omurcea, {{langx|tr|Ömürçay}}) was merged into Valu lui Traian, now the commune's only village.
Nature reserve
There is a nature reserve north-east of Valu lui Traian village, in the Medgidia Plateau. It is located on top of an archaeological site, remnants of a Roman defensive system, and houses several species of xerophilous plants and shrubs on its slopes.[http://www.adrse.ro/Documente/DIP/4GreenInn/Analiza_zone_protejate_Regiunea_SE.pdf Analiza privind situaţia actuală a ariilor naturale protejate din Regiunea de Dezvoltare Sud–Est], p. 72-73{{Cite web|url=https://www.protectedplanet.net/valu-lui-traian-nature-reserve|title=Valu Lui Traian|website=Protected Planet|access-date=2020-03-04}}
Demographics
At the 2002 census, 81.5% of inhabitants were Romanians, 15% Tatars, 2.1% Roma and 1.2% Turks. 82% were Orthodox Christian and 16.1% Muslim.
At the 2011 census, Valu lui Traian had 9,815 Romanians (85.71%), 6 Hungarians (0.05%), 213 Roma (1.86%), 3 Germans (0.03%), 191 Turks (1.67%), 1,189 Tatars (10.38%), 7 Lipovans (0.06%), 20 others (0.17%), 8 with undeclared ethnicity (0.07%).{{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 = ro | 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 }}
At the 2021 census Valu lui Traian had a population of 16,617 with a majority of Romanians (74.14%) and minorities of Tatars (6.61%), Turks (1.43%), Roma (1.25%), Lipovans (0.07%), Greeks (0.06%), Bulgarians (0.02%), others (0.23%) and unknown (16.19%).
References
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