Provadia Municipality
Provadia Municipality
Община Провадия | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Provadia Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°10′N 27°24′E / 43.167°N 27.400°ECoordinates: 43°10′N 27°24′E / 43.167°N 27.400°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Varna |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Provadia |
| Area | |
| • Total | 576.6 km2 (222.6 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
| • Total | 23,045 |
| • Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Provadia Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Провадия) is a municipality (obshtina) in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Provadia.
The municipality embraces a territory of 576.6 km² with a population, as of December 2009, of 23,045 inhabitants.[1]
Settlements[]
Provadia Municipality includes the following 25 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Provadia | Провадия | 12,901 |
| Блъсково | 1,354 | |
| Бозвелийско | 1,296 | |
| Бързица | 270 | |
| Чайка | 94 | |
| Черковна | 240 | |
| Черноок | 247 | |
| Добрина | 256 | |
| Градинарово | 801 | |
| Храброво | 439 | |
| Китен | 52 | |
| Комарево | 463 | |
| Кривня | 400 | |
| Манастир | 563 | |
| Неново | 69 | |
| Овчага | 184 | |
| Петров дол | 344 | |
| Равна | 179 | |
| Славейково | 476 | |
| Snezhina | Снежина | 570 |
| Староселец | 62 | |
| Тутраканци | 249 | |
| Venchan | Венчан | 338 |
| Житница | 88 | |
| Златина | 248 | |
| Total | 23,045 |
Demography[]
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Provadia Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 31,461 | 28,893 | 28,414 | 25,718 | 24,573 | 23,747 | 23,045 | ... |
| 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:
A majority of the population of Provadia Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 61.6% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
See also[]
- Provinces of Bulgaria
- Municipalities of Bulgaria
- List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
References[]
- ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
- ^ (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
- ^ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ^ „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[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Provadia Municipality. |
- Official website (in Bulgarian)
- Municipalities in Varna Province