Byala Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Бяла) is a municipality (obshtina) in Varna Province, located in the central part of the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Byala.
Byala Municipality
Община Бяла | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Byala Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province. | |
| Coordinates: 42°52′N 27°48′E / 42.867°N 27.800°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Varna |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Byala |
| Area | |
• Total | 162 km2 (63 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 3,729 |
| • Density | 23/km2 (60/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The municipality embraces a territory of 162 km2 (63 sq mi) with a population, as of December 2009, of 3,729 inhabitants.[1]
Not to be confused with the municipality of the same name in Ruse Province.
Settlements
edit.png)
Byala Municipality includes the following 6 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Byala | Бяла | 2,171 |
| Goritsa | Горица | 140 |
| Gospodinovo | Господиново | 373 |
| Dyulino | Дюлино | 396 |
| Popovich | Попович | 646 |
| Samotino | Самотино | 3 |
| Total | 3,729 |
Demography
editThe following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Byala Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 4,346 | 4,065 | 3,787 | 3,413 | 3,349 | 3,780 | 3,729 | ... |
| Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7] | ||||||||
Religion
editAccording to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
An overwhelming majority of the population of Byala Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 75.3% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
- ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
External links
edit- Official website (in Bulgarian)