Varna Municipality

Varna Municipality
Община Варна
Varna Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province.
Coordinates: 43°11′N 27°52′E / 43.183°N 27.867°E / 43.183; 27.867
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
 • Density1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+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 km2 (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 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.

Historical population
Year194619561965197519851992200120112021
Pop.101,128142,499200,430269,308308,053315,336320,464343,704319,613
±%—    +40.9%+40.7%+34.4%+14.4%+2.4%+1.6%+7.3%−7.0%
Source: [6][7][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

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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  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. ^ "Division of Bulgaria".
  7. ^ "POPULATION BY DISTRICTS, MUNICIPALITIES AND SEX AS OF 1.03.2001". National Statistical Institute.
  8. ^ "POPULATION BY STATISTICAL REGIONS, DISTRICS, MUNICIPALITIES, SETTLEMENTS, SEX AND AGE (2021 Census)". National Statistical Institute.
  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.