Cacica
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | commune |
| county | Suceava |
| name | Cacica |
| other_name | Kaczyka |
| image_shield | ROU SV Cacica CoA.png |
| image_skyline | Cacica salt mine01.jpg |
| image_caption | The salt mine in Cacica (September 2007) |
| image_map | Cacica jud Suceava.png |
| map_caption | Location in Suceava County |
| leader_name | Petru Tudosi |
| leader_party | PNL |
| term | 2020–2024 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation | 385 |
| area_total | 57 |
| population_total | auto |
| postal_code | 727095 |
| area_code | +(40) 230 |
| website | |
| :: |
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Cacica (, ) is a commune in Suceava County, in the historical region of Bukovina, northeastern Romania. The commune is located in the central part of the county, 17 km from the town of Gura Humorului, 34 km from the city of Rădăuți, and 28 km 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
Commune council
The commune's current local council has the following political composition, according to the results of the 2020 Romanian local elections:
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| Party | Seats | Current Council | |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Liberal Party (PNL) | 7 | ||
| Social Democratic Party (PSD) | 4 | ||
| Union of Poles of Romania (UPR) | 2 | ||
| :: |
Villages
The commune is composed of five villages: namely Cacica, Maidan, Pârteștii de Sus () (the commune center), Runcu, and Solonețu Nou.
Solonețu Nou
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Nowy_Sołoniec_(Rumunia),_Solonețu_Nou_09.jpg" caption="View from the Polish village of Solonețu Nou (2018)"] ::
Solonețu Nou (; ) 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. 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
- Valeriu Alaci (1884–1955), Romanian mathematician
- Ghervazen Longher (born 1972), Polish-Romanian politician
Gallery
File:Cacica salt mine chapel01.jpg|Roman Catholic chapel dedicated to Saint Barbara, located in the salt mine File:Rumunia, Kaczyka, kościół rzymskokatolicki DSCF7626.jpg|Roman Catholic Polish basilica in Cacica File:Biserica romano-catolica din Solonetu Nou11.jpg|Roman Catholic church in Solonețu Nou File:Biserica greco-catolica din Cacica.jpg|Greek Catholic church in Cacica File:Biserica Ortodoxa Cacica - panoramio.jpg|Orthodox church in Cacica File:Cacica - Gradinita de Copii - panoramio.jpg|Cacica kindergarten File:Cacica - Scoala Generala - panoramio.jpg|Cacica elementary school File:Panorama Cacica - Biserica Ortodoxa - panoramio.jpg|Panoramic view over Cacica, with the Orthodox church in the background File:Cacica, Bucovina - panoramio - bajerskip (1).jpg|Panoramic view over Cacica, with the Roman Catholic basilica seen in the background File:SolonetuNou.jpg|Solonețu Nou () village, with the local Roman Catholic church seen in the background File:Nowy Sołoniec (Rumunia), Solonețu Nou 03.jpg|Rural landscape from Solonețu Nou (2018) File:Nowy Sołoniec (Rumunia), Solonețu Nou 06.jpg|Solonețu Nou (2018)
References
- 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.
References
- "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau.
- "Rezultatele finale ale alegerilor locale din 2020". Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă.
- Krasowska, Helena. (2017). "Górale polscy na Bukowinie karpackiej". Slawistyczny Ośrodek Wydawniczy, Instytut Slawistyki [[Polish Academy of Sciences.
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