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This page 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.
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Cacica

Kaczyka
Commune
The salt mine in Cacica (September 2007)
The salt mine in Cacica (September 2007)
Coat of arms of Cacica
Coat of arms
Location in Suceava County
Location in Suceava County
Cacica is located in Romania
Cacica
Cacica
Location in Romania
Country  Romania
County Suceava
Area
57 km2 (22 sq mi)
Elevation
385 m (1,263 ft)
Population
 (2011)
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Time zone EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)

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.

Villages

The commune is composed of five villages: namely Cacica, Maidan, Pârteștii de Sus (the commune center), Runcu, and Solonețu Nou.

Solonețu Nou

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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. 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

  • Cacica salt mine chapel01

    Roman Catholic chapel dedicated to Saint Barbara, located in the salt mine

  • Rumunia, Kaczyka, kościół rzymskokatolicki DSCF7626

    Roman Catholic Polish basilica in Cacica

  • Biserica romano-catolica din Solonetu Nou11

    Roman Catholic church in Solonețu Nou

  • Biserica greco-catolica din Cacica

    Greek Catholic church in Cacica

  • Biserica Ortodoxa Cacica - panoramio

    Orthodox church in Cacica

  • Cacica - Gradinita de Copii - panoramio

    Cacica kindergarten

  • Cacica - Scoala Generala - panoramio

    Cacica elementary school

  • Panorama Cacica - Biserica Ortodoxa - panoramio

    Panoramic view over Cacica, with the Orthodox church in the background

  • Cacica, Bucovina - panoramio - bajerskip (1)

    Panoramic view over Cacica, with the Roman Catholic basilica seen in the background

  • SolonetuNou

    Solonețu Nou (Polish: Nowy Sołoniec) village, with the local Roman Catholic church seen in the background

  • Nowy Sołoniec (Rumunia), Solonețu Nou 03

    Rural landscape from Solonețu Nou (2018)

  • Nowy Sołoniec (Rumunia), Solonețu Nou 06

    Solonețu Nou (2018)

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