Cacica

Cacica (Polish: Kaczyka) is a commune located in Suceava County, Romania.

This article is about the commune in Romania. For the Spanish term for female tribal chiefs in the Americas, see Cacique. For the Colombian politician and journalist nicknamed "La Cacica", see Consuelo Araújo.
Cacica
Commune
The salt mine in Cacica
Coat of arms
Location in Suceava County
Cacica
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 47°38′N 25°54′E
CountryRomania
CountySuceava
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2024) Petru Tudosi[1] (PNL)
Area
57 km2 (22 sq mi)
Elevation
385 m (1,263 ft)
Population
 (2011)[2]
3,712
 • Density65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.SV
Websitewww.comuna-cacica.ro

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.

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:

    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: Cacica, Maidan, Pârteștii de Sus (the commune center), Runcu and Solonețu Nou.

Solonețu Nou

Solonețu Nou (Polish: Nowy Sołoniec) is one of the Polish villages in Suceava County, southern Bukovina in 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. 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
  • Roman Catholic chapel dedicated to Saint Barbara, located in the salt mine
  • Roman Catholic Polish basilica in Cacica
  • Greek Catholic church in Cacica
  • Orthodox church in Cacica
  • Cacica elementary school
  • Panoramic view over Cacica, with the Orthodox church in the background
  • Panoramic view over Cacica, with the Roman Catholic basilica seen in the background
  • Solonețu Nou (Polish: Nowy Sołoniec) village, with the local Roman Catholic church seen in the background

See also

References
  1. "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  2. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  • (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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