Valchi Dol Municipality
Valchi Dol Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Вълчи Дол) is a municipality (obshtina) in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Valchi Dol.
The municipality embraces a territory of 472.5 km with a population, as of December 2009, of 11,093 inhabitants.
Settlements
Aksakovo
Avren
Beloslav
Byala
Vetrino
Dolni Chiflik
Devnya
Dalgopol
Provadiya
Suvorovo
Valchi Dol Municipality includes the following 22 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (December 2009) |
---|---|---|
Valchi Dol | Вълчи дол | 3,460 |
Boyana | Бояна | 282 |
Brestak | Брестак | 1,029 |
Cherventsi | Червенци | 573 |
Dobrotich | Добротич | 410 |
General Kiselovo | Генерал Киселово | 518 |
General Kolevo | Генерал Колево | 325 |
Esenitsa | Есеница | 345 |
Iskar | Искър | 147 |
Izvornik | Изворник | 213 |
Kaloyan | Калоян | 294 |
Karamanite | Караманите | 331 |
Krakra | Кракра | 34 |
Metlichina | Метличина | 189 |
Mihalich | Михалич | 753 |
Oborishte | Оборище | 315 |
Radan Voyvoda | Радан войвода | 387 |
Shtipsko | Щипско | 221 |
Stefan Karadzha | Стефан Караджа | 854 |
Strahil | Страхил | 75 |
Voyvodino | Войводино | 264 |
Zvanets | Звънец | 74 |
Total | 11,093 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Valchi Dol Municipality | ||||||||
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Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 20,014 | 16,497 | 14,792 | 12,973 | 12,061 | 11,595 | 11,093 | ... |
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 Vlachi Dol Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 56.0% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Muslims constitute the largest minority with 26.3% of its 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Valchi Dol Municipality.
- Valchi Dol municipality website (in Bulgarian)