Byala Municipality, Varna Province
The municipality embraces a territory of 162 km (63 sq mi) with a population, as of December 2009, of 3,729 inhabitants.
Not to be confused with the municipality of the same name in Ruse Province.
Settlements
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Byala Municipality includes the following 6 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (December 2009) |
---|---|---|
Byala | Бяла | 2,171 |
Goritsa | Горица | 140 |
Gospodinovo | Господиново | 373 |
Dyulino | Дюлино | 396 |
Popovich | Попович | 646 |
Samotino | Самотино | 3 |
Total | 3,729 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Byala Municipality | ||||||||
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Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 4,346 | 4,065 | 3,787 | 3,413 | 3,349 | 3,780 | 3,729 | ... |
Sources: Census 2001, Census 2011, „pop-stat.mashke.org“, |
Religion
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
An overwhelming majority of the population of Byala Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 75.3% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
See also
References
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
- ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
External links
- Official website (in Bulgarian)