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Municipality in Varna, Bulgaria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vetrino Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Ветрино) is a municipality (obshtina) in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre – the village of Vetrino.
Vetrino Municipality
Община Ветрино | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 43°19′N 27°23′E | |
Country | Bulgaria |
Province (Oblast) | Varna |
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Vetrino |
Area | |
• Total | 293.12 km2 (113.17 sq mi) |
Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 5,702 |
• Density | 19/km2 (50/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The municipality embraces a territory of 293.12 km², bordering the Shumen Province to the west, with a population of 5,702 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1] The southern parts of 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.
Vetrino Municipality includes the following 10 places, all of them are villages:
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
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Vetrino | Ветрино | 1,036 |
Belogradets | Белоградец | 1,226 |
Dobroplodno | Доброплодно | 894 |
Gabarnitsa | Габърница | 96 |
Mlada Gvardiya | Млада гвардия | 335 |
Momchilovo | Момчилово | 192 |
Nevsha | Невша | 648 |
Neofit Rilski | Неофит Рилски | 921 |
Sredno Selo | Средно село | 59 |
Yagnilo | Ягнило | 295 |
Total | 5,702 |
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Vetrino Municipality | ||||||||
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Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 13,331 | 10,812 | 7,990 | 7,023 | 6,296 | 6,045 | 5,702 | ... |
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7] |
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 Vetrino Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 68.5% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Muslims are the largest minority with 21.8% of its population.
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