Suvorovo Municipality

Suvorovo Municipality
Община Суворово
Municipality
Suvorovo Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province.
Suvorovo Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province.
Coordinates: 43°19′N 27°37′E / 43.317°N 27.617°E / 43.317; 27.617
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Varna
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Suvorovo
Area
 • Total
216 km2 (83 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2009)[1]
 • Total
7,544
 • Density35/km2 (90/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Suvorovo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Суворово) 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 Suvorovo.

The municipality embraces a territory of 216 km2 (83 sq mi) with a population of 7,544 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]

Settlements

Suvorovo Municipality includes the following 9 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[2][3][4]
(December 2009)
Suvorovo Суворово 4,723
Banovo Баново 137
Chernevo Чернево 1,386
Drandar Дръндар 185
Izgrev Изгрев 210
Kalimantsi Калиманци 214
Levski Левски 173
Nikolaevka Николаевка 494
Prosechen Просечен 22
Total 7,544

Demography

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

Suvorovo Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 9,410 8,273 7,913 7,658 7,115 7,293 7,544 ...
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[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:

Religious composition of Suvorovo Municipality [8]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 59.7%
Catholicism
 
 0.3%
Protestantism
 
 0.8%
Islam
 
 17.9%
No religion
 
 5.3%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 16.0%

A majority of the population of Suvorovo Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 59.7% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Muslims constitute the largest minority with 17.9% of the population.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
  2. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian towns in 2009
  3. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants – December 2009
  4. ^ (in 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.
  8. ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.