Valu lui Traian

Valu lui Traian
Commune
Coat of arms
Valu lui Traian Location of Valu lui Traian, Constanța
Coordinates: 44°9′54″N 28°27′18″E / 44.16500°N 28.45500°E / 44.16500; 28.45500Coordinates: 44°9′54″N 28°27′18″E / 44.16500°N 28.45500°E / 44.16500; 28.45500
Country	Romania
County	Constanța County
Status	Commune
Component villages	Valu lui Traian
Government
• Mayor	Florin Mitroi (National Liberal Party)
Area
• Total	63.29 km2 (24.44 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	11,452
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	http://www.valu-lui-traian.ro

Valu lui Traian (historical name: Hasancea, Turkish: Hasançay) is a commune in Constanța County, 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, Turkish: Ömürçay) was merged into Valu lui Traian, now the commune's only village.

At the 2002 census, 81.5% of inhabitants were Romanians, 15% Tatars, 2.1% Roma and 1.2% Turks. 82% were Romanian Orthodox 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%).

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