Devnya Municipality

Devnya Municipality Община Девня
—  Municipality  —
Devnya Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province.
Coordinates: 43°13′N 27°35′E / 43.217°N 27.583°E / 43.217; 27.583Coordinates: 43°13′N 27°35′E / 43.217°N 27.583°E / 43.217; 27.583
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Varna
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)	Devnya
Area
- Total	100.98 km2 (39 sq mi)
Population (December 2009)[1]
- Total	9,234
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

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.

The municipality embraces a territory of 100.98 km² 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

Varna

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Aksakovo

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Avren

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Beloslav

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Byala

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Vetrino

•

Valchi Dol

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Dolni Chiflik

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Devnya

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Dalgopol

•

Provadiya

•

Suvorovo

Devnya Municipality within Varna Province

Devnya Municipality includes the following 3 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village	Cyrillic	Population[2][3][4] (December 2009)
Devnya	Девня	8,383
Kipra	Кипра	509
Padina	Падина	342
Total		9,234

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: National Statistical Institute,[1] Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,??

See also

• Provinces of Bulgaria
• Municipalities of Bulgaria
• List of cities and towns in Bulgaria

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
2. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
3. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
4. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
5. ^ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
6. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“

External links

• Devnya Municipality info-website (English)