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{{For|the Romanian given name and people named Ovidiu|Ovidiu (name)}}
{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type                   = town
|county                 = Constanța
|population_total       = auto
|image_map              = Ovidiu jud Constanta.jpg
|map_caption            = Location in Constanța County
|subdivisions           = Poiana, Culmea
|official_name=Ovidiu
|image_shield=ROU CT Ovidiu CoA.jpg
|image_skyline=RO CT Ovidiu mosque.jpg
|image_caption=Ovidiu mosque
|coordinates            = {{coord|44|16|12|N|28|33|36|E|region:RO_type:city(3220)|display=inline,title}}
|leader_name            = George Scupra<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           = PNL
|area_total_km2=82.63
|website={{url|http://www.primariaovidiu.ro/}}
}}
'''Ovidiu''' ({{IPA|ro|oˈvidju}}, historical name: ''Canara'', {{langx|tr|Kanara}}) is a town situated a few kilometres north of [[Constanța]] in [[Constanța County]], [[Northern Dobruja]], [[Romania]]. Ovidiu is quite small, with a population of 13,968 as of 2021, and many wealthy inhabitants of Constanța retire there.{{citation needed|date=March 2012}} 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 Empire|Roman]] poet [[Ovid]] ({{langx|la|Ovidius}}). 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, {{langx|tr|Horozlar}} - 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 [[Stadionul Viitorul (Ovidiu)|stadium]] of [[FCV Farul Constanța]] is located in Ovidiu.

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|source = Census data
|1992 |12591
|2002 |13458
|2011 |13847
|2021 |13968
}}

At the [[2021 Romanian census|2021 census]] Ovidiu had a population of 13,968 with a majority of [[Romanians]] (72.07%) and minorities of [[Tatars of Romania|Tatars]] (2.14%), [[Romani people|Roma]] (1.25%), [[Turks in Europe|Turks]] (1.15%), [[Lipovans]] (0.07%), [[Hungarians]] (0.05%), [[Bulgarians]] (0.03%), others (0.13%) and unknown (23.11%).<ref name="RPL2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls|title=Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021|publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics (Romania)|INSSE]]|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}}</ref> 

At the [[2011 Romanian census|2011 census]] Ovidiu had a population of 13,847 with a majority of [[Romanians]] (81.01%) and minorities of [[Tatars of Romania|Tatars]] (3.02%), [[Turks in Europe|Turks]] (2.51%), [[Romani people|Roma]] (1.83%), [[Lipovans]] (0.06%), [[Greeks]] (0.04%), [[Germans of Romania|Germans]] (0.03%), others (0.13%) and unknown (11.37%).

==Natives==
* [[Marius Leca]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Insula ovidiu.jpg|The ''Ovidiu'' island in the [[Siutghiol Lake]]
</gallery>

==References==
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{{Constanţa County}}

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[[Category:Towns in Romania]]
[[Category:Populated places in Constanța County]]
[[Category:Localities in Northern Dobruja]]
[[Category:Aromanian settlements in Romania]]

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