Devnya Municipality
Municipality in Varna, Bulgaria
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Devnya Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Девня) is a municipality (obshtina) in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, not far from the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Devnya.
Devnya Municipality
Община Девня | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
Devnya Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°13′N 27°35′E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Varna |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Devnya |
| Area | |
• Total | 100.98 km2 (38.99 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 9,234 |
| • Density | 91.44/km2 (236.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The municipality embraces a territory of 100.98 km2 (38.99 sq mi) with a population, as of December 2009, of 9,234 inhabitants.[1] The area is crossed by the east operating part of Hemus motorway which is planned to connect the port of Varna with the country capital - Sofia.
Settlements
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Devnya Municipality includes the following 3 places (towns are shown in bold):
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Devnya Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 13,138 | 10,153 | 9,390 | 9,683 | 9,018 | 9,132 | 9,234 | ... |
| 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:
An overwhelming majority of the population of Devnya Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 77.8% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.