Ovidiu

Ovidiu (, historical name: "Canara", ) is a town situated a few kilometres north of Constanța in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. Ovidiu is quite small, with a population of around 12,000, and many wealthy inhabitants of Constanța retire there. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian rural systematization program.
In 1930, the town was renamed "Ovidiu" after the Roman poet Ovid (). He was supposedly buried on a nearby small island (also called "Ovidiu") in the Siutghiol Lake.
Administration.
The town of Ovidiu administers the villages of Poiana (historical names: "Cocoșul" - until 1964, - until 1926) and Culmea. The latter was established in 2011 by legally separating from Ovidiu two territorially distinct communities, Social Group Culmea and Social Group Nazarcea.
Sport.
The stadium of FC Viitorul Constanța is located in Ovidiu.
Demographics.
At the 2011 census, Ovidiu had 11,240 Romanians (91.07%), 3 Hungarians (0.02%), 229 Roma (1.86%), 3 Germans (0.02%), 358 Turks (2.90%), 396 Tatars (3.21%), 8 Lipovans (0.06%), 36 Aromanians (0.29%), 69 others (0.56%).