Varna Municipality
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Varna Municipality
Община Варна | |
|---|---|
 Varna Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°11′N 27°52′E / 43.183°N 27.867°E | |
| 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 |
| • Density | 1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+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]
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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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1946 | 1956 | 1965 | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
| Pop. | 101,128 | 142,499 | 200,430 | 269,308 | 308,053 | 315,336 | 320,464 | 343,704 | 319,613 |
| ±% | — | +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% |
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:
