Valchi Dol Municipality

Valchi Dol Municipality
Община Вълчи Дол
Municipality
Valchi Dol Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province.
Valchi Dol Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province.
Coordinates: 43°24′N 27°33′E / 43.400°N 27.550°E / 43.400; 27.550
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Varna
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Valchi Dol
Area
 • Total
472.5 km2 (182.4 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2009)[1]
 • Total
11,093
 • Density23/km2 (61/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Valchi Dol Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Вълчи Дол) is a municipality (obshtina) in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Valchi Dol.

The municipality embraces a territory of 472.5 km2 with a population, as of December 2009, of 11,093 inhabitants.[1]

Settlements

Valchi Dol Municipality includes the following 22 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[2][3][4]
(December 2009)
Valchi Dol Вълчи дол 3,460
Boyana Бояна 282
Brestak Брестак 1,029
Cherventsi Червенци 573
Dobrotich Добротич 410
General Kiselovo Генерал Киселово 518
General Kolevo Генерал Колево 325
Esenitsa Есеница 345
Iskar Искър 147
Izvornik Изворник 213
Kaloyan Калоян 294
Karamanite Караманите 331
Krakra Кракра 34
Metlichina Метличина 189
Mihalich Михалич 753
Oborishte Оборище 315
Radan Voyvoda Радан войвода 387
Shtipsko Щипско 221
Stefan Karadzha Стефан Караджа 854
Strahil Страхил 75
Voyvodino Войводино 264
Zvanets Звънец 74
Total 11,093

Demography

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

Valchi Dol Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 20,014 16,497 14,792 12,973 12,061 11,595 11,093 ...
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 Vlachi Dol Municipality [8]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 56.0%
Catholicism
 
 0.5%
Protestantism
 
 0.5%
Islam
 
 26.3%
No religion
 
 3.7%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 13.0%

A majority of the population of Vlachi Dol Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 56.0% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Muslims constitute the largest minority with 26.3% of its 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.
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