Editing Isaccea (section)

==Geography==
The town has under its administration 103.97&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, of which 3.69&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> are inside the residential areas.

{|  class="wikitable"
|+Land use in Isaccea<ref>[http://isaccea.romclub.ro/economie/agricultura.html Isaccea city hall website - Agriculture] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207225044/http://isaccea.romclub.ro/economie/agricultura.html |date=2008-02-07 }}</ref>
|-
! Type of usage
! Area
! Notes
|-
! agricultural use
| 45.02&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
| cereals, orchards, vineyards and pastures
|-
! floodplain
| 32.97&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
| along the Danube
|-
! forest
| 22.76&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
|-
! built-up areas
| 2.92&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
| buildings and roads
|}

The town is divided into three settlements: Isaccea proper (4,789 inhabitants) and two villages, Revărsarea (563 inhabitants) and Tichilești (10 inhabitants).

The Tulcea &ndash; [[Brăila]] roadway ([[European route E87|DN22/E87]]) crosses the town.

The town is located in near to the [[Măcin Mountains]] and [[Dobruja Plateau]] (in the south) and the Danube (in the north). Many lakes could once be found in the town, but some of them were desiccated by the [[Communist Romania|Communist authorities]] in order to use the terrain for [[agriculture]]. This initiative lacked success, since the soil of the area proved to be not very [[fertility (soil)|fertile]]. Some larger lakes still remain: Saun, Telincea, Rotund, Ghiolul Pietrei, Racova. In April 2006, the [[Dike (construction)|dyke]] which protected this terrain failed and the Danube flooded again the areas which used to be wetlands.

Along the Danube there is a [[floodplain]], which gets inundated every spring, bringing fresh water to the lakes and the marshlands.<ref name="nis">[[National Institute of Statistics (Romania)|National Institute of Statistics]], "[http://www.tulcea.insse.ro/phpfiles/Cap1_2GeogrMeteoMediupopulatia.pdf Anuarul statistic al judeţului Tulcea 2006"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305040633/http://www.tulcea.insse.ro/phpfiles/Cap1_2GeogrMeteoMediupopulatia.pdf |date=2009-03-05 }}, p. 6</ref> The largest lake in Isaccea is "Lacul Rotund" (literally, Round Lake), having an area of 2.19&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> and a volume of 2.0 million m<sup>3</sup>.<ref name="nis"/>

===Tichilești===
{{Main|Tichilești, Tulcea}}
Tichilești was founded as a monastery of Tichilești, with time becoming a [[leper colony]]. A legend says the monastery was founded by one of the [[Cantacuzino]] princesses who was affected by leprosy. Another theory of the history the settlement is that a group of Russian refugees (see [[Lipovans]]) settled there and founded the monastery, but soon became outlaws who were eventually caught. In 1918, a part of the lepers moved to Bessarabian town of [[Izmail]]. Following a 1926 newspaper article, a hospital was built in 1928 at the monastery. In 1998, there were 39 people in the settlement, and according to the 2002 census, there were 22 people, most of them having an age of more than 60 years.<ref>[http://www.ziua.ro/display.php?data=2006-03-21&id=196153 "Ultimul lazaret"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602212723/http://www.ziua.ro/display.php?data=2006-03-21&id=196153 |date=2021-06-02 }}, in ''[[Ziua]]'' March 21, 2006</ref> By 2019, there were only 9 people.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-08-09|title= Tichilești: Viața ultimilor bolnavi de lepră din România |url= https://zin.ro/09/08/2019/administratie/tichilesti-viata-ultimilor-bolnavi-de-lepra-din-romania/|access-date=2021-05-23|newspaper=Ziarul de Investigații|language=ro}}</ref>

===Revărsarea===
Revărsarea was founded after the 1877 War of Independence, being settled by war veterans and colonists, the village being built in the place of a forest which has been cleared. It had several other names since: ''Piatra Calcată'', ''Principele Nicolae'' (named after [[Prince Nicholas of Romania]]) and ''Ștefan Gheorghiu'' (named after [[Ștefan Gheorghiu (trade unionist)|Ștefan Gheorghiu]], a trade unionist).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070120072004/http://www.isaccea.ro/index.php/pg/ohtml_asezare.html Primăria Isaccea: Aşezare] (at the website of the city hall)</ref>