Avren Municipality () is a seaside municipality (obshtina) in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre – the village of Avren.
Its area spreads from Provadiya Municipality in the west to the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the east. To the south the municipality is mostly defined by the Kamchiya river and its estuary. It embraces a territory of with a population, as of December 2009, of 9,089 inhabitants. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
Settlements
Avren Municipality includes the following 17 places, all of them are villages: 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) Avren Аврен 750 Benkovski Бенковски 445 Bliznatsi Близнаци 842 Bolyartsi Болярци 192 Dobri Dol Добри дол 34 Dabravino Дъбравино 1,460 Kazashka Reka Казашка река 326 Kitka Китка 247 Krusha Круша 113 Priseltsi Приселци 849 Ravna Gora Равна гора 236 Sadovo Садово 351 Sindel Синдел 1,259 Tsarevtsi Царевци 841 Trastikovo Тръстиково 657 Yunak Юнак 145 Zdravets Здравец 342 Total 9,089
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 Avren Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 62.3% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. There is a relatively large Muslim minority and a large part did not answer.
See also Provinces of Bulgaria Municipalities of Bulgaria List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
References
External links Official website