Balchik Municipality () 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 with a population of 19,331 inhabitants, as of 2018. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
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
Balchik 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) Balchik Балчик 12,196 Bezvoditsa Безводица 383 Bobovets Бобовец 86 Bryastovo Брястово 4 Dropla Дропла 304 Dabrava Дъбрава 216 Gurkovo Гурково 560 Hrabrovo Храброво 99 Karvuna Карвуна 62 Kranevo Кранево 1,233 Kremena Кремена 128 Lyahovo Ляхово 444 Obrochishte Оброчище 2,411 Prespa Преспа 248 Rogachevo Рогачево 263 Senokos Сенокос 661 Sokolovo Соколово 1,004 Strazhitsa Стражица 468 Trigortsi Тригорци 192 Tsarichino Царичино 159 Tsarkva Църква 364 Zmeevo Змеево 347 Total 21,832
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:
See also Provinces of Bulgaria Municipalities of Bulgaria List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
References
External links Official website
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