Krushari Municipality
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Krushari Municipality
| native_name = Община Крушари
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_shield =
| image_map = Krushari Municipality Within Bulgaria.png
| map_caption = Krushari 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 = Krushari
| timezone = EET
| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = EEST
| utc_offset_DST = +3
| coordinates = {{coord|43|51|N|27|45|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}}
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 417.5
|population_as_of = December 2009
|population_total = 5,296
| population_density_km2 = auto
| website =
}}
Krushari Municipality ({{langx|bg|Община Крушари}}) is a municipality (obshtina) in Dobrich Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in Southern Dobruja geographical region, bounded by Romania to the north. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Krushari.
The municipality embraces a territory of {{cvt|417.5|km2}} with a population of 5,296 inhabitants, as of December 2009.{{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 |date=November 13, 2010 }}
Settlements
{{Image label begin|image=Map of Krushari municipality (Dobrich Province).png|width=264|thumb=1|float=right|caption=Krushari 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}}
Krushari Municipality includes the following 19 places, all of them are villages:
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
{{Table BG Municipality population
| municipality = Krushari
| 1975 = 10,657
| 1985 = 8,594
| 1992 = 7,243
| 2001 = 5,924
| 2005 = 5,852
| 2007 = 5,617
| 2009 = 5,296
| 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 Krushari 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|43.3}}
{{bar percent|Catholicism|purple|0.8}}
{{bar percent|Protestantism|yellow|0.0}}
{{bar percent|Islam|green|36.5}}
{{bar percent|No religion|red|5.7}}
{{bar percent|Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable|gray|13.7}}
}}
See also
References
External links
- [http://www.krushari.bg/ Krushari municipality website] {{in lang|bg}}
{{Geographic Location
|Centre = Krushari Municipality
|North = {{flag|Romania}}
|Northeast = General Toshevo Municipality, Dobrich Province
|East = General Toshevo Municipality, Dobrich Province
|Southeast = Dobrichka Municipality, Dobrich Province
|South = Dobrichka Municipality, Dobrich Province
|Southwest = Dobrichka Municipality, Dobrich Province
|West = Tervel Municipality, Dobrich Province
|Northwest = Kaynardzha Municipality, Silistra Province
}}
{{Dobrich Province}}