Izvoarele, Tulcea
Izvoarele | |
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Entrance to Izvoarele | |
Location in Tulcea County | |
Izvoarele Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 45°3′N 28°32′E / 45.050°N 28.533°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Tulcea |
| Subdivisions | Izvoarele, Alba, Iulia |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2024–2028) | George Ghiorghe[1][2] (PNL) |
Area | 52 km2 (20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 77 m (253 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[3] | 1,760 |
| • Density | 34/km2 (88/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
| Postal code | 827105 |
| Area code | +40 x40 |
| Vehicle reg. | TL |
| Website | www |
Izvoarele (historically Alibeichioi and then Regele Ferdinand; called Filimon Sîrbu from 1948 to 1964, Izvoarele since 1965; Greek: Ιζβοάρελε; Turkish: Alibeköy) is a commune in Tulcea County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Alba, Iulia, and Izvoarele.
Location
The commune is located in the central-west part of the county, 30 km (19 mi) southwest of the county seat, Tulcea. It is crossed by national road DN22F, which starts in Nalbant, 7 km (4.3 mi) to the east (where it meets DN22A) and ends in Horia, 7.5 km (4.7 mi) to the west (where it meets DN22D).
History and Greek community
Izvoarele was founded by Greeks from Saranta Ekklisies, when they, in order to avoid Turkish retaliation during the Greek Revolution of 1821, followed the Imperial Russian Army (which had reached Edirne) and settled in the area.[4][5] Initially, their plan was to settle in the Russian Empire, but in 1830 they decided to return to Greece.[4][5] On their way to their homeland, they were stopped in this area and remained there.[4][5] This became perhaps the largest purely Greek community in Europe excluding Greece.[4]
In Izvoarele, a church operates in the Greek language and there is a Greek school that has been banned at times.[4] Greek school classes continue today at the Cultural Center of the Greek Community.[4] There is also a new Greek restaurant in Izvoarele named "ELINIKO" (meaning Greek) that opened in 2024.[6] The main road of Izvoarele is "Str. Megas Alexandros" (Romanized Greek for Alexander the Great).
On January 22, 2023, a twinning ceremony was held between the municipality of Paionia (of Kilkis, Greece) and the community of Izvoarele.[7]
Demographics
At the 2011 census, the commune has 2,049 inhabitants; of the residents for whom data were available, 54.4% were Romanians and 45.3% Greeks. By the 2021 census, the population had decreased to 1,760; of those, 89.77% were Romanians and 2.05% Greeks.[8]
Natives
- Ilie Floroiu (born 1952), long-distance runner
References
- ^ Local election results 2024
- ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
- ^ a b c d e f Ντίνας, Κ., Σούτσιου, Τσ., Χατζηπαναγιωτίδη, Α. & Χρηστίδης, Γ (2011). "Η Ελληνόγλωσση Εκπαίδευση στη Ρουμανία και τη Βουλγαρία" [Greek-Language Education in Romania and Bulgaria]. «Ελληνόγλωσση Πρωτοβάθμια και Δευτεροβάθμια Διαπολιτισμική Εκπαίδευση στη Διασπορά» (PDF). University of Crete. p. 85.
{{cite conference}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c «Οι Ανατολικοθρακιώτες του Ισβοάρελε Ρουμανίας». xronos.gr (29 March 2018).
- ^ Google Maps - ELINIKO, Izvoarele
- ^ "Αδελφοποιήθηκε ο δήμος Παιονίας με την κοινότητα Izvoarele στην Ρουμανία". maxitis.gr. Kilkis. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.