Devnya Municipality

Devnya Municipality
Община Девня
Municipality

Devnya Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province.
Coordinates: 43°13′N 27°35′E / 43.217°N 27.583°E / 43.217; 27.583Coordinates: 43°13′N 27°35′E / 43.217°N 27.583°E / 43.217; 27.583
Country  Bulgaria
Province (Oblast) Varna
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) Devnya
Area
 • Total 100.98 km2 (38.99 sq mi)
Population (December 2009)[1]
 • Total 9,234
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Devnya Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Девня) 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 Devnya.

The municipality embraces a territory of 100.98 km² with a population, as of December 2009, of 9,234 inhabitants.[1] The area is crossed by the east operating part of Hemus motorway which is planned to connect the port of Varna with the country capital - Sofia.

Settlements

Varna
•
Aksakovo
•
Avren
•
Beloslav
•
Byala
•
Vetrino
•
Valchi Dol
•
Dolni Chiflik
•
Devnya
•
Dalgopol
•
Provadiya
•
Suvorovo
Devnya Municipality within Varna Province

Devnya Municipality includes the following 3 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[2][3][4]
(December 2009)
Devnya Девня 8,383
Kipra Кипра 509
Padina Падина 342
Total 9,234

Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.

Devnya Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 13,138 10,153 9,390 9,683 9,018 9,132 9,234 ...
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
  2. ↑ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
  3. ↑ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
  4. ↑ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
  5. ↑ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
  6. ↑ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  7. ↑ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.

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