Cernavodă
Cernavodă is a town in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania with a population of 15,088 as of 2021. The town's name is derived from the Bulgarian cherna voda, meaning 'black water'.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 22,000 residents
- Description: town in Constanța County, Romania
- Also known as: “Axíopa”, “Boğazköy”, “Cernavoda”, “Tcherna Voda”, “Ἀξιούπολις”, and “Черна Вода”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant and Axiopolis.
Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant
Power station
The Nuclear Power Plant in Cernavodă is the only nuclear power plant in Romania. It produces around 20% of the country's electricity. It uses CANDU reactor technology from AECL, using heavy water produced at Drobeta-Turnu Severin as its neutron moderator and as its coolant agent. Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant is situated 3 km southeast of Cernavodă.
Axiopolis
Archaeological site
Axiopolis was a fort in the Roman province of Moesia. It was part of the defensive frontier system of the Moesian Limes along the Danube. Axiopolis is situated 3½ km south of Cernavodă.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seimeni and Cochirleni.
Seimeni
Village
Photo: Rotaru Florin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Seimeni is a village, which is situated 7 km northeast of Cernavodă.
Cochirleni
Village
Photo: Rotaru Florin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cochirleni is a village, which is situated 8 km south of Cernavodă.
Cernavodă
- Categories: town in Romania, port city, and locality
- Location: Oraş Cernavodã, Constanța County, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
44.34164° or 44° 20′ 30″ northLongitude
28.03163° or 28° 1′ 54″ eastPopulation
22,000Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)United Nations Location Code
RO CEVOpen location code
8GPC82RJ+MJOpenStreetMap ID
node 118226794OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Vietnamese—“Cernavodă” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Cernavodă”
- Arabic: “تشرنافودا”
- Armenian: “Չեռնավոդե”
- Armenian: “Չերնավոդե”
- Bulgarian: “Черна вода”
- Bulgarian: “Чернавода”
- Catalan: “Cernavodă”
- Cebuano: “Cernavodă”
- Cebuano: “Oraș Cernavodă”
- Chinese: “切尔纳沃德”
- Chinese: “切爾納沃德”
- Crimean Tatar: “Boğazköy”
- Croatian: “Cernavodă”
- Czech: “Cernavoda”
- Czech: “Cernavodă”
- Danish: “Cernavoda”
- Danish: “Cernavodă”
- Dutch: “Axíopa”
- Dutch: “Boğazköy”
- Dutch: “Cernavoda”
- Dutch: “Cernavodă”
- Dutch: “Ἀξιούπολις”
- Dutch: “Черна Вода”
- Esperanto: “Aksíopa”
- Esperanto: “Aksjúpolis”
- Esperanto: “Boğazköy”
- Esperanto: “Cernavodă”
- Esperanto: “Ἀξιούπολις”
- Esperanto: “Черна Вода”
- Estonian: “Cernavodă”
- Finnish: “Cernavoda”
- Finnish: “Cernavodă”
- French: “Axíopa”
- French: “Boğazköy”
- French: “Cernavoda”
- French: “Cernavodă”
- French: “Ἀξιούπολις”
- French: “Черна Вода”
- German: “Axíopa”
- German: “Axioupolis”
- German: “Boğazköy”
- German: “Cernavoda”
- German: “Cernavodă”
- German: “Ἀξιούπολις”
- German: “Черна Вода”
- Greek: “Τσερναβόντα”
- Hebrew: “צ’רנוודה”
- Hungarian: “Axíopa”
- Hungarian: “Boğazköy”
- Hungarian: “Cernavodă”
- Hungarian: “Csernavoda”
- Hungarian: “Ἀξιούπολις”
- Hungarian: “Черна Вода”
- Indonesian: “Cernavoda”
- Indonesian: “Cernavodă”
- Irish: “Cernavodă”
- Italian: “Axíopa”
- Italian: “Boğazköy”
- Italian: “Cernavodă”
- Italian: “Ἀξιούπολις”
- Italian: “Черна Вода”
- Japanese: “セルナヴォダ”
- Japanese: “チェルナヴォダ”
- Korean: “체르나보다”
- Latin: “Axiopolis”
- Lithuanian: “Černavodė”
- Malay: “Cernavodă”
- Minangkabau: “Cernavodă”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cernavodă”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cernavodă”
- Norwegian: “Cernavodă”
- Persian: “چرناوودا”
- Persian: “چرنودا”
- Polish: “Cernavoda”
- Polish: “Cernavodă”
- Portuguese: “Axíopa”
- Portuguese: “Boğazköy”
- Portuguese: “Cernavoda”
- Portuguese: “Cernavodă”
- Portuguese: “Ἀξιούπολις”
- Portuguese: “Черна Вода”
- Romanian: “Axíopa”
- Romanian: “Boğazköy”
- Romanian: “Cernavodă”
- Romanian: “Ἀξιούπολις”
- Romanian: “Черна Вода”
- Russian: “Чернавода”
- Russian: “Чернаводэ”
- Serbian: “Cernavodă”
- Serbian: “Černavoda”
- Serbian: “Општина Чернавода”
- Serbian: “Чернавода”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Cernavodă, Constanța”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Cernavodă”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Cernavodã”
- Slovak: “Cernavoda”
- Slovak: “Cernavodă”
- Slovenian: “Cernavodă”
- South Azerbaijani: “چرنودا”
- Spanish: “Axíopa”
- Spanish: “Boğazköy”
- Spanish: “Cernavoda”
- Spanish: “Cernavodă”
- Spanish: “Ἀξιούπολις”
- Spanish: “Черна Вода”
- Swedish: “Cernavodă”
- Tajik: “Cernavoda”
- Tajik: “Чернавода”
- Turkish: “Boğazköy”
- Turkish: “Cernavodă”
- Ukrainian: “Чернавода”
- Ukrainian: “Чернаводе”
- Vietnamese: “Cernavoda”
- Vietnamese: “Cernavodă”
- “Cernavodă”
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