Valchi Dol Municipality
Valchi Dol Municipality
Община Вълчи Дол | |
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Municipality | |
![]() Valchi Dol Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province. | |
Coordinates: 43°24′N 27°33′E / 43.400°N 27.550°ECoordinates: 43°24′N 27°33′E / 43.400°N 27.550°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province (Oblast) | Varna |
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Valchi Dol |
Area | |
• Total | 472.5 km2 (182.4 sq mi) |
Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 11,093 |
• Density | 23/km2 (61/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Valchi Dol Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Вълчи Дол) is a municipality (obshtina) in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Valchi Dol.
The municipality embraces a territory of 472.5 km² with a population, as of December 2009, of 11,093 inhabitants.[1]
Settlements[]
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Valchi Dol Municipality includes the following 22 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
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Valchi Dol | Вълчи дол | 3,460 |
Бояна | 282 | |
Brestak | Брестак | 1,029 |
Червенци | 573 | |
Добротич | 410 | |
Генерал Киселово | 518 | |
Генерал Колево | 325 | |
Есеница | 345 | |
Искър | 147 | |
Izvornik | Изворник | 213 |
Калоян | 294 | |
Караманите | 331 | |
Кракра | 34 | |
Метличина | 189 | |
Михалич | 753 | |
Оборище | 315 | |
Радан войвода | 387 | |
Щипско | 221 | |
Стефан Караджа | 854 | |
Страхил | 75 | |
Войводино | 264 | |
Zvanets | Звънец | 74 |
Total | 11,093 |
Demography[]
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Valchi Dol Municipality | ||||||||
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Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 20,014 | 16,497 | 14,792 | 12,973 | 12,061 | 11,595 | 11,093 | ... |
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 Vlachi Dol Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 56.0% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Muslims constitute the largest minority with 26.3% of its population.
See also[]
- Provinces of Bulgaria
- Municipalities of Bulgaria
- List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: 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 Valchi Dol Municipality. |
- Valchi Dol municipality website (in Bulgarian)
- Municipalities in Varna Province