Devnya Municipality

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Devnya Municipality

| native_name = Община Девня

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_shield =

| image_map = Devnya Municipality Within Bulgaria.png

| map_caption = Devnya Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province.

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{BUL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province {{smaller|(Oblast)}}

| subdivision_name1 = Varna

| subdivision_type2 = Admin. centre {{smaller|(Obshtinski tsentar)}}

| subdivision_name2 = Devnya

| timezone = EET

| utc_offset = +2

| timezone_DST = EEST

| utc_offset_DST = +3

| coordinates = {{coord|43|13|N|27|35|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}}

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 100.98

|population_footnotes =

|population_as_of = December 2009

|population_total = 9,234

| population_density_km2 = auto

| website =

}}

Devnya Municipality ({{langx|bg|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 {{cvt|100.98|km2}} with a population, as of December 2009, of 9,234 inhabitants.{{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 crossed by the east operating part of Hemus motorway which is planned to connect the port of Varna with the country capital - Sofia.

Settlements

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{{Image label small|x=1.6|y=1.12|scale=100|text=Aksakovo}}

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{{Image label small|x=1.55|y=1.70|scale=100|text=Avren}}

{{Image label small|x=1.60|y=1.40|scale=100|text=}}

{{Image label small|x=1.40|y=1.48|scale=100|text=Beloslav}}

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{{Image label small|x=2.08|y=2.35|scale=100|text=Byala}}

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{{Image label small|x=0.62|y=0.92|scale=100|text=Vetrino}}

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{{Image label small|x=1.00|y=0.65|scale=100|text=Valchi Dol}}

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{{Image label small|x=1.35|y=2.08|scale=100|text=Dolni Chiflik}}

{{Image label small|x=1.27|y=1.30|scale=100|text=}}

{{Image label small|x=1.16|y=1.22|scale=100|text=Devnya}}

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{{Image label small|x=0.65|y=1.90|scale=100|text=Dalgopol}}

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{{Image label small|x=0.60|y=1.50|scale=100|text=Provadiya}}

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{{Image label small|x=1.35|y=0.87|scale=100|text=Suvorovo}}

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

class="wikitable sortable"

! Town/Village

! Cyrillic

! Population{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1588#cont Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113165731/http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1588#cont |date=November 13, 2010 }}{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/nrnm/index.php?ezik=en&f=8&s=1&date=29.12.2010&e=1&s1=4&c1=2&a1=1000&c=0 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009]{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/nrnm/index.php?ezik=en&f=8&s=1&date=29.12.2010&e=1&s1=4&c1=3&a1=1000&c=1&s2=4&c2=2&a2=5000 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009]
(December 2009)

Devnya

| Девня

| align="center" | 8,383

Kipra

| Кипра

| align="center" | 509

Padina

| Падина

| align="center" | 342

Total

!

! align="center" | 9,234

Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.

{{Table BG Municipality population

| municipality = Devnya

| 1975 = 13,138

| 1985 = 10,153

| 1992 = 9,390

| 2001 = 9,683

| 2005 = 9,018

| 2007 = 9,132

| 2009 = 9,234

| 2011 = ...

| ref 1 =

| ref 2 = [https://web.archive.org/web/20200202022156/https://www.nsi.bg/Census2011/Census/Census.htm National Statistical Institute - Census 2001]

| 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:

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|width=300px

|title=Religious composition of Devnya Municipality {{cite web|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-religion2011.htm|title=Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011|website=pop-stat.mashke.org}}

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|bars=

{{bar percent|Orthodox Christianity|blue|77.8}}

{{bar percent|Catholicism|purple|0.3}}

{{bar percent|Protestantism|yellow|1.2}}

{{bar percent|Islam|green|5.3}}

{{bar percent|No religion|red|5.3}}

{{bar percent|Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable|gray|10.1}}

}}

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.

See also

References