Devnya Municipality
Община Девня | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 43°13′N 27°35′E / 43.217°N 27.583°E | |
Country | Bulgaria |
Province (Oblast) | Varna |
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Devnya |
Area | |
• Total | 100.98 km2 (38.99 sq mi) |
Population (December 2009)
[1] | |
• Total | 9,234 |
• Density | 91/km2 (240/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
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 (38.99 sq mi) 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.
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 |
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Devnya Municipality | ||||||||
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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: 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:
An overwhelming majority of the population of Devnya Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 77.8% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
Devnya Municipality
Община Девня | |
---|---|
Municipality | |
Coordinates: 43°13′N 27°35′E / 43.217°N 27.583°E | |
Country | Bulgaria |
Province (Oblast) | Varna |
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Devnya |
Area | |
• Total | 100.98 km2 (38.99 sq mi) |
Population (December 2009)
[1] | |
• Total | 9,234 |
• Density | 91/km2 (240/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
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 (38.99 sq mi) 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.
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 |
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: 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:
An overwhelming majority of the population of Devnya Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 77.8% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.