Shabla Municipality () is a municipality (obshtina) in Dobrich Province, Bulgaria, located in the north-easternmost part of the country on the Northern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in Southern Dobruja geographical region, bounded by Romania to the north. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Shabla.
The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 5,580 inhabitants, as of December 2009. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
The area is best known with Cape Shabla - Bulgaria's easternmost point as well as the natural reserve of Durankulak Lake. The main road E87 crosses the municipality connecting the port of Varna with the Romanian port of Konstanza.
Settlements
Shabla Municipality includes the following 16 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) Shabla Шабла 3,586 Bozhanovo Божаново 15 Chernomortsi Черноморци 80 Durankulak Дуранкулак 455 Ezerets Езерец 183 Gorichane Горичане 95 Gorun Горун 105 Granichar Граничар 163 Krapets Крапец 378 Prolez Пролез 56 Smin Смин 78 Staevtsi Стаевци 8 Tvarditsa Твърдица 11 Tyulenovo Тюленово 59 Vaklino Ваклино 195 Zahari Stoyanovo Захари Стояново 113 Total 5,580
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
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