Avren Municipality
Avren Municipality
Община Аврен | |
|---|---|
 Avren Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°5′N 27°44′E / 43.083°N 27.733°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Varna |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Avren |
| Area | |
• Total | 380 km2 (150 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 9,089 |
| • Density | 24/km2 (62/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Avren Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Аврен) is a seaside municipality (obshtina) in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre – the village of Avren.
Its area spreads from Provadiya Municipality in the west to the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the east. To the south the municipality is mostly defined by the Kamchiya river and its estuary. It embraces a territory of 380 km2 (150 sq mi) with a population, as of December 2009, of 9,089 inhabitants.[1]
Settlements
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Avren Municipality includes the following 17 places, all of them are villages:
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Avren | Аврен | 750 |
| Benkovski | Бенковски | 445 |
| Bliznatsi | Близнаци | 842 |
| Bolyartsi | Болярци | 192 |
| Dobri Dol | Добри дол | 34 |
| Dabravino | Дъбравино | 1,460 |
| Kazashka Reka | Казашка река | 326 |
| Kitka | Китка | 247 |
| Krusha | Круша | 113 |
| Priseltsi | Приселци | 849 |
| Ravna Gora | Равна гора | 236 |
| Sadovo | Садово | 351 |
| Sindel | Синдел | 1,259 |
| Tsarevtsi | Царевци | 841 |
| Trastikovo | Тръстиково | 657 |
| Yunak | Юнак | 145 |
| Zdravets | Здравец | 342 |
| Total | 9,089 |
Demography
[edit]The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Avren Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 12,054 | 9,676 | 8,817 | 8,714 | 9,074 | 9,064 | 9,089 | ... |
| Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7] | ||||||||
Religion
[edit]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 Avren Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 62.3% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. There is a relatively large Muslim minority and a large part did not answer.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (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
[edit]- Official website (in English)