Varna Municipality

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.

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
 • Total237.5 km2 (91.7 sq mi)
Population
 (15.03.2016)[1]
 • Total373,601
 • Density1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

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)
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 groupPopulationPercentage
Bulgarians29078093.4%
Turks110893.6%
Roma (Gypsy)35351.1%
Other34811.1%
Undeclared23150.7%

[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

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.
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