Varna Municipality

Varna Municipality Община Варна
Municipality
Varna Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province.
Coordinates: 43°11′N 27°52′E
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Varna
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)	Varna
Area
• Total	237.5 km^2 (91.7 sq mi)
Population  (15.03.2016)[1]
• Total	373,601
• Density	1,600/km^2 (4,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

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 km^2 (91.7 sq mi) 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 within Varna Province

Varna

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Aksakovo

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Avren

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Beloslav

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Byala

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Vetrino

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Valchi Dol

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Dolni Chiflik

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Devnya

•

Dalgopol

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Provadiya

•

Suvorovo

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

Town/Village	Cyrillic	Population[3][4][5] (March 2016)
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
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]

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 Varna Municipality [10] Orthodox Christianity   82.9% Catholicism   0.5% Protestantism   0.8% Islam   2.4% No religion   5.4% Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable   8.0%

See also

• Provinces of Bulgaria
• Municipalities of Bulgaria
• List of cities and towns in Bulgaria

References

1. Динамичен ред: Pop_6.1.1_Pop_DR.xls. "Население по области, общини, местоживеене и пол | Национален статистически институт" (in Bulgarian). Nsi.bg. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
2. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
3. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2016
4. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
5. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - March 2016
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 (in Bulgarian)
10. "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.

External links

• Official website (in Bulgarian)