Balchik Municipality
Municipality in Dobrich, Bulgaria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
| 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.
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Kavarna
Shabla
Tervel
Krushari
General Toshevo
Dobrichka
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 |
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:
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