Cumpăna
Although still mentioned in the official documents as part of the Cumpăna commune,[3] the village of Straja (historical name: Mahometcea, Turkish: Mehmedçay) was abandoned to make way for the Danube-Black Sea Canal and its population moved to Cumpăna.[4] At the 2021 census Cumpăna had a population of 14,757 with a majority of Romanians (81.89%) and minorities of Turks (2.57%), Roma (2.17%), Tatars (1%), Lipovans (0.05%), Hungarians (0.04%), Bulgarians (0.02%), others (0.23%) and unknown (12.03%).At the 2011 census, Cumpăna had 10,732 Romanians (92.06%), 5 Hungarians (0.04%), 210 Roma (1.80%), 7 Germans (0.06%), 510 Turks (4.37%), 168 Tatars (1.44%), 5 Lipovans (0.04%), 21 others (0.18%).In the past few years, Cumpăna has become a favourite residential area for the people leaving the crowded city of Constanța.Recent developments like sewage, natural gas pipeline grid and proximity to new major hypermarkets accelerated that process.