Varna Municipality

Varna Municipality
Община Варна
Municipality

Varna Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province.
Coordinates: 43°11′N 27°52′E / 43.183°N 27.867°E / 43.183; 27.867Coordinates: 43°11′N 27°52′E / 43.183°N 27.867°E / 43.183; 27.867
Country  Bulgaria
Province (Oblast) Varna
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) Varna
Area
 • Total 237.5 km2 (91.7 sq mi)
Population (2014 Estimate)[1]
 • Total 344 775
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

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.

The municipality embraces a territory of 237.5 km² with a population, as of December 2014, of 344,775 inhabitants, the nation's second largest municipality after the Sofia Capital Municipality.[2]

Settlements

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

Varna Municipality includes the following 6 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[3][4][5]
(December 2009)
Varna Варна 320,837
Kazashko Казашко 345
Kamenar Каменар 2,447
Konstantinovo Константиново 1,356
Topoli Тополи 3,040
Zvezditsa Звездица 1148
Total 329,173

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,[6] Census 2011,[7] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[8]

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%

[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.nsi.bg/bg/content/2975/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D0%BF%D0%BE-%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8-%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%89%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8-%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5-%D0%B8-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB
  2. ↑ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
  3. ↑ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
  4. ↑ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
  5. ↑ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
  6. ↑ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
  7. ↑ Population by province, municipality, settlement and age by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute
  8. ↑ Population of Bulgarian divisions
  9. ↑ Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (Bulgarian)

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