Poiána Máre

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Downtown (Marta Ivaylova, 30.09.2012)

This is one of the large localities with a Bulgarian population. It is present on maps from 1722 and 1791 (Ceauşescu, A. 2008: 47, 50). Bulgarians settle here in 1806–1814 and 1828–1834 (Roman, L. 1984: 134). The 1838 registry of the population records 140 “Serbian” households in it (Velichi, C. N. 1965: 111). Bulgarians from Poiana Mare actively participated in the 1848 revolution (Velichi, C. N. 1971: 258). During the nineteenth century groups of residents moved to the villages Ciupercenii Noi, Golenţi, Desa and Basarabi. At the end of the nineteenth century the village had 7734 residents, the majority of whom were “Bulgarians and Serbs” (Lahovari, G. I., C. I. Bratianu, G. Tocilescu 1898-1902 5: 26). G. Weigand visited the village in 1898 and later included it in his atlas as a locality with Bulgarian population (Weigand, G. 1900: 117; Weigand, G. 1909: Map 67). S. Romanski established during his visit in 1908 that the population originated from villages in Vidin Region (Izvor and Botevo), from Gramada, Kula Region, Vodnjanci, Belogradčik Region, and Bŭzovec, Lom Region. Младенов, М. 1994 contains the dialect texts from Poiana Mare that present traditional wedding customs.

Младенов, М. С. 1993: 43

Poiána Máre, Dólj,

43.922° N, 23.062° E

Poiána Máre, Urzicúţa

Petre Boce (76, m) went to school for two years and a half
Unknown (?, ?)

Maxim Sl. Mladenov (1930-1992)
Virgil Nestorescu (1929-)