Tervel Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Тервел) is a municipality (obshtina) in Dobrich Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in Southern Dobruja geographical region, about 30 km south of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre, the town of Tervel.
Tervel Municipality
Община Тервел | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Tervel Municipality within Bulgaria and Dobrich Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°44′N 27°21′E / 43.733°N 27.350°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Dobrich |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Tervel |
| Area | |
• Total | 579.7 km2 (223.8 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 17,458 |
| • Density | 30/km2 (78/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The municipality has a territory of 579.7 km2 (223.8 sq mi), with a population of 17,458, as of December 2009.[1]
More significant tourist sights in the area include the early Byzantine cave monasteries around the villages of Balik and Brestnitsa dating to the 5th-6th century.
Settlements
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Tervel Municipality includes the following 26 places; all of them are villages:
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Tervel | Тервел | 6667 |
| Angelariy | Ангеларий | 145 |
| Balik | Балик | 261 |
| Bezmer | Безмер | 1229 |
| Bozhan (village) | Божан | 598 |
| Bonevo | Бонево | 82 |
| Brestnitsa, Dobrich Province | Брестница | 16 |
| Chestimensko | Честименско | 412 |
| Glavantsi | Главанци | 131 |
| Gradnitsa, Dobrich Province | Градница | 405 |
| Guslar | Гуслар | 24 |
| Kableshkovo | Каблешково | 575 |
| Kladentsi, Dobrich Province | Кладенци | 173 |
| Kolartsi | Коларци | 688 |
| Kochmar | Кочмар | 301 |
| Mali izvor | Мали извор | 39 |
| Nova Kamena | Нова Камена | 482 |
| Onogur | Оногур | 39 |
| Orlyak, Dobrich Province | Орляк | 1922 |
| Polkovnik Savovo | Полковник Савово | 188 |
| Popgruevo | Попгруево | 680 |
| Profesor Zlatarski | Професор Златарски | 33 |
| Surnets | Сърнец | 209 |
| Voynikovo | Войниково | 11 |
| Zarnevo | Зърнево | 1222 |
| Zheglartsi | Жегларци | 926 |
| Total | 17,458 |
Demography
editThe municipality has a mixed population consisting mostly of Turks (40.60% according to 2011 census data), Bulgarians (37.06%) and Romani (11.12%).
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Tervel Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 28,626 | 28,717 | 21,483 | 18,728 | 17,995 | 17,780 | 17,458 | ... |
| 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:
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
- ^ (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- Tervel municipality website (in Bulgarian)