Suvorovo Municipality
Suvorovo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Суворово) is a municipality (obshtina) in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, not far from the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. It is named after its administrative centre – the town of Suvorovo.
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Suvorovo Municipality within Varna Province
The municipality embraces a territory of 216 km (83 sq mi) with a population of 7,544 inhabitants, as of December 2009.
Settlements
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Aksakovo
Avren
Beloslav
Byala
Vetrino
Valchi Dol
Dolni Chiflik
Devnya
Dalgopol
Provadiya
Suvorovo Municipality includes the following 9 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (December 2009) |
---|---|---|
Suvorovo | Суворово | 4,723 |
Banovo | Баново | 137 |
Chernevo | Чернево | 1,386 |
Drandar | Дръндар | 185 |
Izgrev | Изгрев | 210 |
Kalimantsi | Калиманци | 214 |
Levski | Левски | 173 |
Nikolaevka | Николаевка | 494 |
Prosechen | Просечен | 22 |
Total | 7,544 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Suvorovo Municipality | ||||||||
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Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 9,410 | 8,273 | 7,913 | 7,658 | 7,115 | 7,293 | 7,544 | ... |
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:
A majority of the population of Suvorovo Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 59.7% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Muslims constitute the largest minority with 17.9% of the population.
See also
References
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian towns in 2009
- ^ (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 English)