Valchi Dol Municipality | |
Native Name: | Община Вълчи Дол |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Varna |
Subdivision Name2: | Valchi Dol |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 43.4°N 60°W |
Area Total Km2: | 472.5 |
Population As Of: | December 2009 |
Population Total: | 11,093 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Valchi Dol Municipality (bg|Община Вълчи Дол) is a municipality (obshtina) in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Valchi Dol.
The municipality embraces a territory of 472.5 km2 with a population, as of December 2009, of 11,093 inhabitants.[1]
Valchi Dol Municipality includes the following 22 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2] [3] [4] (December 2009) | |
---|---|---|---|
Valchi Dol | Вълчи дол | 3,460 | |
Boyana | Бояна | 282 | |
Brestak | Брестак | 1,029 | |
Cherventsi | Червенци | 573 | |
Dobrotich | Добротич | 410 | |
General Kiselovo | Генерал Киселово | 518 | |
General Kolevo | Генерал Колево | 325 | |
Esenitsa | Есеница | 345 | |
Iskar | Искър | 147 | |
Izvornik | Изворник | 213 | |
Kaloyan | Калоян | 294 | |
Karamanite | Караманите | 331 | |
Krakra | Кракра | 34 | |
Metlichina | Метличина | 189 | |
Mihalich | Михалич | 753 | |
Oborishte | Оборище | 315 | |
Radan Voyvoda | Радан войвода | 387 | |
Shtipsko | Щипско | 221 | |
Stefan Karadzha | Стефан Караджа | 854 | |
Strahil | Страхил | 75 | |
Voyvodino | Войводино | 264 | |
Zvanets | Звънец | 74 | |
Total | 11,093 |
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
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 Vlachi Dol Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 56.0% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Muslims constitute the largest minority with 26.3% of its population.