Cernica

This article is about the commune in Romania. For the village in Gacko municipality, Bosnia-Herzegovina, see Cernica (Bosnia-Herzegovina).

Cernica
Commune

Cernica
Coordinates: 44°26′N 26°17′E / 44.433°N 26.283°E / 44.433; 26.283
Country	Romania
County	Ilfov County
Population (2002)^[1]	9,425
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Cernica is a commune in the southeast part of Ilfov County, Romania, with a population of 9,425 as of 2002. It is composed of five villages: Bălăceanca, Căldăraru, Cernica, Poşta and Tânganu, several villages on the bank of lake Cernica. The commune lent its name to the Cernica Monastery, an early 17th-century Orthodox monastery in the nearby town of Pantelimon. The name is also given to the Cernica Forest, the largest wooded area around Bucharest.

The name of the commune is derived from the name of the vornic Cernica Ştirbei and is of Slavic origin, meaning "black".

References

↑ Romanian census data, 2002 Retrieved on April 5, 2016.

Ilfov County, Romania

Cities	None

Towns	Buftea Bragadiru Chitila Măgurele Otopeni Pantelimon Popești-Leordeni Voluntari

Communes	Afumați Balotești Berceni Brănești Cernica Chiajna Ciolpani Ciorogârla Clinceni Copăceni Corbeanca Cornetu Dărăști-Ilfov Dascălu 1 Decembrie Dobroești Domnești Dragomirești-Vale Găneasa Glina Grădiștea Gruiu Jilava Moara Vlăsiei Mogoșoaia Nuci Periș Petrăchioaia Snagov Ștefăneștii de Jos Tunari Vidra

Coordinates: 44°25′31″N 26°16′32″E / 44.42523°N 26.27556°E / 44.42523; 26.27556

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/18/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.