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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type                   = commune
|county                 = Constanța
|population_total       = auto
|image_map              = Limanu jud Constanta.jpg
|map_caption            = Location in Constanța County
|subdivisions           = Limanu, 2 Mai, Hagieni, Vama Veche
|official_name=Limanu
|image_shield=ROU CT Limanu CoA.png
|leader_name            = Daniel Georgescu<ref>{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |title=Results of the 2020 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=15 June 2021 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|leader_term            = 2020&ndash;2024
|leader_party           = PSD
|area_total_km2=76.66
|coordinates            = {{coord|43|48|N|28|32|E|region:RO_type:city(3220)|display=inline,title}}
|website={{url|http://www.primarialimanu.ro/}} 
}}
'''Limanu''' is a [[Commune in Romania|commune]] in [[Constanța County]], [[Northern Dobruja]], [[Romania]].

==Demographics==
At the 2011 census, Limanu had 5,337 [[Romanians]] (85.1%), 8 [[Hungarians in Romania|Hungarians]] (0.1%), 84 [[Roma in Romania|Roma]]  (1.3%), 3 [[Germans of Romania|Germans]] (0.05%), 6 [[Turks of Romania|Turks]] (0.10%), 179 [[Tatars of Romania|Tatars]] (2.9%), 178 [[Lipovans]] (2.8%), 4 others (0.07%), 465 with undeclared ethnicity (7.4%).<ref>[http://www.recensamantromania.ro/rezultate-2/ Tab8. Populaţia stabilă după etnie – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune], 2011 census results, [[National Institute of Statistics (Romania)|Institutul Național de Statistică]], accessed 17 February 2020.</ref>

==Villages==
The commune includes four villages:
* Limanu (historical names: ''Caracicula'', [[greek language|Greek]]: ''Limani'' (Port),  {{langx|tr|Karaçuklu}})
* [[2 Mai]]
* Hagieni (historical names: ''Hagilar'', {{langx|tr|Hacılar}})
* [[Vama Veche]] (historical names: ''Ilanlâc'', {{langx|tr|İlanlık}})

===2 Mai===
{{Main|2 Mai}}
2 Mai ({{IPA|ro|doj maj}}, "May 2") is a village in the Limanu commune and a small resort on the shore of the [[Black Sea]], between [[Mangalia]] and [[Vama Veche]].

The village was founded by [[Mihail Kogălniceanu]] in 1887 under the name ''Două Mai''. Its first inhabitants were [[Russians]] from [[Bucharest]], [[Iași]] and [[Galați]]. Later [[Lipovans]] from [[Tulcea County]] and [[Romanians]] from [[Argeș County]] settled here.

The main occupation of the villagers is the [[agritourism]], [[fishing]], tourism and agriculture.

===Vama Veche===
{{Main|Vama Veche}}
Vama Veche is a village in the Limanu commune, at {{coord|43|45|N|28|34|E|type:city(178)_region:RO|name=Vama Veche}}. In 2002, it had a population of 178.<ref>[http://www.rmri.ro/vv2m/custodie/plan_management_rezervatie.pdf Plan de management al rezervatiei marine 2 mai — Vama Veche] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927160033/http://www.rmri.ro/vv2m/custodie/plan_management_rezervatie.pdf |date=2007-09-27 }}, Reservația Marină 2 Mai - Vama Veche, p.40. Accessed 14 October 2006.</ref><!-- citation only covers population-->

It was founded in 1811 by a few [[Gagauz people|Gagauz]] families, originally being named "Ilanlîk". Its current name literally means "Old customs point", named so after the [[Southern Dobruja]] (or Cadrilater) had been included in [[Romania]] in 1913. In 1940, however, that region was ceded to Bulgaria, and the village has since lain once again near the border.

==Titans Cave==
<blockquote>After finishing this campaign Crassus led his troops against the cave called Ciris(Keiris/Ceiris). For the natives in great numbers had occupied this cave, which is extremely large and so capable of defence that the tradition obtains that the Titans took refuge there after their defeat suffered at the hands of the gods; and here they had brought together all their herds and their other most cherished belongings. 4 Crassus first sought out all the entrances to the cave, which are tortuous and difficult to discover, walled them up, and in this way subdued the men by famine.</blockquote> '''-Dio Cassius LI'''<ref>Dio Cassius LI 26</ref>
Some historians identified the Titan cave as Limanu cave.<ref>Cave Limanu http://www.directbooking.ro/landmark-details-cave-limanu-622.aspx</ref>

==Natives==
*[[Gheorghe Dumitru]]

==Twin towns - Sister cities==
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Santa Marinella]], [[Italy]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160724062318/http://www.cjc.ro/Info%20localitati/Localitati/Limanu.htm Limanu Commune on Constanța County Board website]

{{Constanța County}}

[[Category:Communes in Constanța County]]
[[Category:Localities in Northern Dobruja]]
[[Category:Archaeological sites in Romania]]