Cerna, Tulcea

Cerna
—  Commune  —
The Priopcea Pass near Cerna village.
Location of Cerna
Coordinates: 45°05′N 28°19′E / 45.083°N 28.317°E / 45.083; 28.317Coordinates: 45°05′N 28°19′E / 45.083°N 28.317°E / 45.083; 28.317
Country	Romania
County	Tulcea
Component villages	Cerna, General Praporgescu, Mircea Vodă, Traian
Area
- Total	221.65 km2 (85.6 sq mi)
Population (2002)
- Total	4,227
- Density	19.1/km2 (49.4/sq mi)
Postal code
Website	http://www.primariacerna.eu/ (Romanian)

Cerna (Bulgarian: Черна) is a commune in Tulcea County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Cerna, General Praporgescu, Mircea Vodă and Traian.

Situated in a hilly landscape 55 km from the city of Tulcea and 25 km from Măcin, the village of Cerna had at the 2002 Romanian Census a population of 2,427, and together with three smaller villages the population of the entire commune was 4,227. Estimates of the number of Megleno-Romanians in this village vary from 1,200 to 2,000.

References

• Cerna, Tulcea at GEOnet Names Server