Balchik Municipality
Balchik Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Балчик) is a municipality (obshtina) in Dobrich Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located on the Northern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in Southern Dobruja geographical region. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Balchik.
Balchik Municipality Община Балчик | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
Balchik Municipality within Bulgaria and Dobrich Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°26′N 28°7′E / 43.433°N 28.117°ECoordinates: 43°26′N 28°7′E / 43.433°N 28.117°E | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Dobrich |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Balchik |
| Area | |
| • Total | 524.153 km2 (202.377 sq mi) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 19,331 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (96/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The municipality embraces a territory of 523 km2 (202 sq mi) with a population of 19,331 inhabitants, as of 2018.[1]
The area is best known with the Balchik Palace complex in the main town as well as the luxury seaside resort of Albena. The main road E87 crosses the municipality connecting the port of Varna with the Romanian port of Konstanza.
Settlements
Balchik Municipality includes the following 22 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Balchik | Балчик | 12,196 |
| Bezvoditsa | Безводица | 383 |
| Bobovets | Бобовец | 86 |
| Bryastovo | Брястово | 4 |
| Dropla | Дропла | 304 |
| Dabrava | Дъбрава | 216 |
| Gurkovo | Гурково | 560 |
| Hrabrovo | Храброво | 99 |
| Karvuna | Карвуна | 62 |
| Kranevo | Кранево | 1,233 |
| Kremena | Кремена | 128 |
| Lyahovo | Ляхово | 444 |
| Obrochishte | Оброчище | 2,411 |
| Prespa | Преспа | 248 |
| Rogachevo | Рогачево | 263 |
| Senokos | Сенокос | 661 |
| Sokolovo | Соколово | 1,004 |
| Strazhitsa | Стражица | 468 |
| Trigortsi | Тригорци | 192 |
| Tsarichino | Царичино | 159 |
| Tsarkva | Църква | 364 |
| Zmeevo | Змеево | 347 |
| Total | 21,832 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Balchik Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 24,254 | 23,978 | 22,367 | 22,354 | 22,038 | 21,962 | 21,832 | ... |
| 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:
See also
References
- ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
- ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
External links
- Official website (in Bulgarian)