Cacica

Coordinates: 47°38′N 25°54′E / 47.633°N 25.900°E / 47.633; 25.900
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Cacica
Kaczyka
The salt mine in Cacica (September 2007)
The salt mine in Cacica (September 2007)
Coat of arms of Cacica
Location in Suceava County
Location in Suceava County
Cacica is located in Romania
Cacica
Cacica
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 47°38′N 25°54′E / 47.633°N 25.900°E / 47.633; 25.900
CountryRomania
CountySuceava
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2024) Petru Tudosi[1] (PNL)
Area
57 km2 (22 sq mi)
Elevation
385 m (1,263 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-01)[2]
3,963
 • Density70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.SV
Websitewww.comuna-cacica.ro

Cacica (Polish: Kaczyka, German: Kaczika) is a commune located in Suceava County, in the historical region of Bukovina, northeastern Romania. The commune is located in the central part of the county, 17 km (11 mi) from the town of Gura Humorului, 34 km (21 mi) from the city of Rădăuți, and 28 km (17 mi) from the county seat, Suceava. At the 2011 census, 74.8% of inhabitants were Romanians, 20.2% Poles, and 4.4% Ukrainians. Its Polish inhabitants are descended from settlers who arrived there at the turn of the 19th century during the Habsburg period.

Administration and local politics[edit]

Commune council[edit]

The commune's current local council has the following political composition, according to the results of the 2020 Romanian local elections:[3]

    Party Seats Current Council
  National Liberal Party (PNL) 7              
  Social Democratic Party (PSD) 4              
  Union of Poles of Romania (UPR) 2            

Villages[edit]

The commune is composed of five villages: namely Cacica, Maidan, Pârteștii de Sus (the commune center), Runcu, and Solonețu Nou.

Solonețu Nou[edit]

View from the Polish village of Solonețu Nou (2018)

Solonețu Nou (Polish: Nowy Sołoniec) is one of the Polish villages in Suceava County, in the historical region of Bukovina, northeastern Romania. It was established in 1834 by 30 Polish families in the Soloneț river valley.

A Polish school was founded in the village in 1870. 523 people from the village were deported to Poland after 1945 and the school was closed. Some Poles settled in Złotnik, Poland.[4] After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, the Polish school was reopened. In 1995 there were 718 inhabitants in the village. The Polish community from Solonețu Nou (together with those of Solca, Pleșa, Racova, and Arbore) has 365 families with 1046 Roman Catholics of Polish ethnicity.

Natives[edit]

Gallery[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  3. ^ "Rezultatele finale ale alegerilor locale din 2020" (Json) (in Romanian). Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  4. ^ Krasowska, Helena (2017). Górale polscy na Bukowinie karpackiej (in Polish). Warszawa: Slawistyczny Ośrodek Wydawniczy, Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk. p. 77.
  • (in Romanian) Pr. Mihai Patrașcu, Vizită pastorală la Soloneţu Nou ("A pastoral visit to Solonețu Nou"), on the site of the Roman Catholic Episcopate of Iași. Undated, but index places it as December 2005. Accessed 7 Jan 2006.

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