Izvoarele, Tulcea

The commune is located in the central-west part of the county, southwest of the county seat, Tulcea. It is crossed by national road , which starts in Nalbant, to the east (where it meets ) and ends in Horia, to the west (where it meets ). ==History and Greek community==

Izvoarele was founded by Greeks from Saranta Ekklisies, when they, in order to avoid Turkish retaliation during the Greek Revolution of 1821, followed the Imperial Russian Army (which had reached Edirne) and settled in the area. Initially, their plan was to settle in the Russian Empire, but in 1830 they decided to return to Greece. The main road of Izvoarele is "Str. Megas Alexandros" (Romanized Greek for Alexander the Great). On January 22, 2023, a twinning ceremony was held between the municipality of Paionia (of Kilkis, Greece) and the community of Izvoarele. ==Demographics==

At the 2011 census, the commune has 2,049 inhabitants; of the residents for whom data were available, 54.4% were Romanians and 45.3% Greeks. By the 2021 census, the population had decreased to 1,760; of those, 89.77% were Romanians and 2.05% Greeks. ==Natives==

• Ilie Floroiu (born 1952), long-distance runner ==References==