Valchi Dol Municipality () is a municipality (obshtina) in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Valchi Dol.
The municipality embraces a territory of 472.5 km2 with a population, as of December 2009, of 11,093 inhabitants. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
Settlements
Valchi Dol Municipality includes the following 22 places (towns are shown in bold): Town/Village Cyrillic Population Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009(December 2009) Valchi Dol Вълчи дол 3,460 Boyana Бояна 282 Brestak Брестак 1,029 Cherventsi Червенци 573 Dobrotich Добротич 410 General Kiselovo Генерал Киселово 518 General Kolevo Генерал Колево 325 Esenitsa Есеница 345 Iskar Искър 147 Izvornik Изворник 213 Kaloyan Калоян 294 Karamanite Караманите 331 Krakra Кракра 34 Metlichina Метличина 189 Mihalich Михалич 753 Oborishte Оборище 315 Radan Voyvoda Радан войвода 387 Shtipsko Щипско 221 Stefan Karadzha Стефан Караджа 854 Strahil Страхил 75 Voyvodino Войводино 264 Zvanets Звънец 74 Total 11,093
Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
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:
A majority of the population of Vlachi Dol Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 56.0% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Muslims constitute the largest minority with 26.3% of its population.
See also Provinces of Bulgaria Municipalities of Bulgaria List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
References
External links
Valchi Dol municipality website