Varna Municipality
Varna Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Варна) is a seaside municipality (obshtina) in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and near Varna lake. It is named after its administrative centre - the city of Varna - which is also the capital of the homonymous province.
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Varna Municipality within Varna Province
The municipality embraces a territory of 237.5 km (91.7 sq mi) with a population, as of March 2016, of 373,601 inhabitants, the nation's second largest municipality after the Sofia Capital Municipality.
Settlements
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Aksakovo
Avren
Beloslav
Byala
Vetrino
Valchi Dol
Dolni Chiflik
Devnya
Dalgopol
Provadiya
Suvorovo
Varna Municipality includes the following 6 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (March 2016) |
---|---|---|
Varna | Варна | 365,242 |
Kazashko | Казашко | 362 |
Kamenar | Каменар | 2,783 |
Konstantinovo | Константиново | 1,225 |
Topoli | Тополи | 2,995 |
Zvezditsa | Звездица | 994 |
Total | 373,601 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Varna Municipality | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 257,254 | 308,053 | 315,336 | 320,668 | 319,800 | 322,114 | 329,173 | 343,704 |
Sources: Census 2001, Census 2011, „pop-stat.mashke.org“, |
Ethnic composition
According to the 2011 census, among those who answered the optional question on ethnic identification, the ethnic composition of the municipality was the following:
Ethnic group | Population | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Bulgarians | 290780 | 93.4% |
Turks | 11089 | 3.6% |
Roma (Gypsy) | 3535 | 1.1% |
Other | 3481 | 1.1% |
Undeclared | 2315 | 0.7% |
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:
See also
References
- ^ Динамичен ред: Pop_6.1.1_Pop_DR.xls. "Население по области, общини, местоживеене и пол | Национален статистически институт" (in Bulgarian). Nsi.bg. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2016
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - March 2016
- ^ "National Statistical Institute - Census 2001".
- ^ "Population by province, municipality, settlement and age by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute".
- ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions".
- ^ Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (in Bulgarian)
- ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
External links
- Official website (in Bulgarian)