Black Sea Euroregion
Black Sea Euroregion (Bulgarian: Черноморски еврорегион, translit. Chernomorski evroregion, Romanian: Euroregiunea Mării Negre) is a seaside Euroregion, located in Bulgaria and Romania.
Creation
The Congress of the Council of Europe launched a Black Sea Euroregion on 26 September 2008, when the constituent act was signed by 14 authorities in four countries.[1]
Composition
The region is composed of:
- Burgas Province, Dobrich Province and Varna Province in Bulgaria (16,300 km2,[2] 1,060,000 inhabitants[3])
- Constanţa County and Tulcea County in Romania (15,600 km2, 980,000 inhabitants[4])
The largest city is Varna,[3] while Constanţa is the largest metropolitan area.[5] The administrative center of the euroregion is Constanţa. The port of Constanţa is the largest port at the Black Sea and one of the largest in Europe.
Largest cities
This is a list of cities over 10.000 inhabitants in the region:
City | Population | Metro | Country |
---|---|---|---|
Varna | 343,486 | 475,000 | Bulgaria |
Constanţa | 310,471[6] | 446,595[7] | Romania |
Burgas | 200.264 | 212,902 | Bulgaria |
Tulcea | 92,379 | Romania | |
Dobrich | 89,472 | Bulgaria | |
Medgidia | 44,850 | Romania | |
Mangalia | 41,153 | Romania | |
Năvodari | 34,669 | Romania | |
Cernavodă | 19,890 | Romania | |
Aitos | 19,537 | Bulgaria | |
Karnobat | 18,394 | Bulgaria | |
Pomorie | 14,170 | Bulgaria | |
Ovidiu | 13,458 | Romania | |
Nesebar | 13,347 | Bulgaria | |
Provadiya | 13,090 | Bulgaria | |
Kavarna | 11,368 | Bulgaria | |
Balchik | 11,321 | Bulgaria | |
Hârşova | 11,198 | Romania | |
Murfatlar | 10,857 | Romania | |
Măcin | 10,625 | Romania | |
Babadag | 10,037 | Romania | |
Objectives
The "Black Sea Euro-region" initiative seeks to encourage greater awareness and careful use of the Black Sea resources and their sustainable management, as well as regionalisation processes in the area.
References
- ↑ https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1345813&Site=Congress&BackColorInternet=e0cee1&BackColorIntranet=e0cee1&BackColorLogged=FFC679
- ↑ Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91
- 1 2 (Bulgarian)Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Express data from Census 2011
- ↑ Romanian National Institute of Statistics
- ↑ http://www.zmc.ro/
- ↑ According to 2002 Romanian Census
- ↑ "Populaţia stabilă la 1.01.2009" (in Romanian). INSSE. May 19, 2009. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
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