Balchik Municipality
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Balchik Municipality
| native_name = Община Балчик
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_shield =
| image_map = Balchik Municipality Within Bulgaria.png
| map_caption = Balchik Municipality within Bulgaria and Dobrich Province.
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{BUL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province {{smaller|(Oblast)}}
| subdivision_name1 = Dobrich
| subdivision_type2 = Admin. centre {{smaller|(Obshtinski tsentar)}}
| subdivision_name2 = Balchik
| timezone = EET
| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = EEST
| utc_offset_DST = +3
| coordinates = {{coord|43|26|N|28|7|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}}
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 524.153
| population_as_of = 2018
| population_total = 19,331
| population_density_km2 = auto
| website =
}}
Balchik Municipality ({{langx|bg|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.
The municipality embraces a territory of {{cvt|523|km2}} with a population of 19,331 inhabitants, as of 2018.{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1585#cont Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113165626/http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1585#cont |date=November 13, 2010 }}
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.
Settlements
{{Image label begin|image=Map of Balchik municipality (Dobrich Province).png|width=264|thumb=1|float=right|caption=Balchik Municipality within Dobrich Province}}
{{Image label small|x=1.03|y=1.15|scale=100|text=Image:Capital city marker.svgDobrich}}
{{Image label small|x=1.75|y=1.52|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=1.70|y=1.60|scale=100|text=Balchik}}
{{Image label small|x=2.05|y=1.47|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=2.00|y=1.40|scale=100|text=Kavarna}}
{{Image label small|x=2.40|y=1.20|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=2.33|y=1.12|scale=100|text=Shabla}}
{{Image label small|x=0.55|y=0.80|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=0.35|y=0.88|scale=100|text=Tervel}}
{{Image label small|x=1.10|y=0.62|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=0.90|y=0.54|scale=100|text=Krushari}}
{{Image label small|x=1.53|y=0.85|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=1.40|y=0.77|scale=100|text=General Toshevo}}
{{Image label small|x=0.80|y=0.92|scale=100|text=Dobrichka}}
{{Image label end}}
Balchik Municipality includes the following 22 places (towns are shown in bold):
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
{{Table BG Municipality population
| municipality = Balchik
| 1975 = 24,254
| 1985 = 23,978
| 1992 = 22,367
| 2001 = 22,354
| 2005 = 22,038
| 2007 = 21,962
| 2009 = 21,832
| 2011 = ...
| ref 3 = [http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-division.htm „pop-stat.mashke.org“]
}}
= 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:
{{bar box
|width=300px
|title=Religious composition of Balchik Municipality {{cite web|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-religion2011.htm|title=Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011|website=pop-stat.mashke.org}}
|titlebar=#ddd
|bars=
{{bar percent|Orthodox Christianity|blue|65.3}}
{{bar percent|Catholicism|purple|0.5}}
{{bar percent|Protestantism|yellow|0.5}}
{{bar percent|Islam|green|20.0}}
{{bar percent|No religion|red|4.1}}
{{bar percent|Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable|gray|9.6}}
}}
See also
References
External links
- [http://www.balchik.bg/bg/index Official website] {{in lang|bg}}
{{Dobrich Province}}