Varna Municipality
Varna Municipality Община Варна | |
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Municipality | |
Varna Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province. | |
Coordinates: 43°11′N 27°52′E / 43.183°N 27.867°ECoordinates: 43°11′N 27°52′E / 43.183°N 27.867°E | |
Country | Bulgaria |
Province (Oblast) | Varna |
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Varna |
Area | |
• Total | 237.5 km2 (91.7 sq mi) |
Population (15.03.2016)[1] | |
• Total | 373 601 |
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 March 2016, of 373,601 inhabitants, the nation's second largest municipality after the Sofia Capital Municipality.[2]
Settlements
Varna Municipality includes the following 6 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[3][4][5] (March 2016) |
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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 | ||||||||
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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 |
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Bulgarians | 290780 | 93.4% |
Turks | 11089 | 3.6% |
Roma (Gypsy) | 3535 | 1.1% |
Other | 3481 | 1.1% |
Undeclared | 2315 | 0.7% |
See also
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
- ↑ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2016
- ↑ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ↑ (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 (Bulgarian)
External links
- Official website (Bulgarian)