Cacica

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 Kaczyka
Commune
The salt mine in Cacica (September 2007)
Coat of arms
Location in Suceava County
Cacica Location in Romania
Coordinates: 47°38′N25°54′E / 47.633°N 25.900°E / 47.633; 25.900
Country	Romania
County	Suceava
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Petru Tudosi [1] (PNL)
Area	57 km2 (22 sq mi)
Elevation	385 m (1,263 ft)
Population  (2021-12-01) [2]	3,963
• Density	70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	727095
Area code	+(40) 230
Vehicle reg.	SV
Website	www.comuna-cacica.ro

Cacica (Polish : Kaczyka, German: Kaczika) 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 (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 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: ^[3]

	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

View from the Polish village of Solonețu Nou (2018)

Solonețu Nou (Polish : Nowy Sołoniec) 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. ^[4] 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

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  Roman Catholic chapel dedicated to Saint Barbara, located in the salt mine
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  Roman Catholic Polish basilica in Cacica
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  Roman Catholic church in Solonețu Nou
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  Greek Catholic church in Cacica
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  Orthodox church in Cacica
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  Cacica kindergarten
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  Cacica elementary school
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  Panoramic view over Cacica, with the Orthodox church in the background
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  Panoramic view over Cacica, with the Roman Catholic basilica seen in the background
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  Solonețu Nou (Polish : Nowy Sołoniec) village, with the local Roman Catholic church seen in the background
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  Rural landscape from Solonețu Nou (2018)
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  Solonețu Nou (2018)

See also

• Polish minority in Romania

References

1. "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
2. "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
3. "Rezultatele finale ale alegerilor locale din 2020" (Json) (in Romanian). Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
4. Krasowska, Helena (2017). Górale polscy na Bukowinie karpackiej (in Polish). Warszawa: Slawistyczny Ośrodek Wydawniczy, Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk. p. 77.

• (in Romanian) 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.

External links

• Polish Community in Cacica
• The Salt Mine from Cacica