Dalgopol Municipality
Encyclopedia
Dalgopol Municipality is a municipality
(obshtina) in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria
. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Dalgopol
.
The municipality embraces a territory of 442 km² with a population, as of December 2009, of 14,364 inhabitants. The area contains the Tsonevo Reservoir - the third biggest in the country, developed along the Luda Kamchiya
river which is the main tributary of Kamchiya
river that crosses the municipality from west to east.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
(obshtina) in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Dalgopol
Dalgopol
Dalgopol is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Varna Province. It is the administrative centre of Dalgopol Municipality, which lies in the southwestern part of the Province...
.
The municipality embraces a territory of 442 km² with a population, as of December 2009, of 14,364 inhabitants. The area contains the Tsonevo Reservoir - the third biggest in the country, developed along the Luda Kamchiya
Luda Kamchiya
Luda Kamchiya is a river in eastern Bulgaria, the main tributary of the Kamchiya river. The river has a total length of 201 km and a drainage basin of 1612 km², with an average slope of 5.3%....
river which is the main tributary of Kamchiya
Kamchiya
The Kamchiya is a 244.5 km long river in eastern Bulgaria, the longest river on the Balkan Peninsula to flow directly into the Black Sea...
river that crosses the municipality from west to east.
Settlements
Dalgopol Municipality includes the following 16 places (towns are shown in bold):| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Dalgopol Dalgopol Dalgopol is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Varna Province. It is the administrative centre of Dalgopol Municipality, which lies in the southwestern part of the Province... |
Дългопол | 4,829 |
| Arkovna | Арковна | 98 |
| Asparuhovo | Аспарухово | 652 |
| Boryana | Боряна | 283 |
| Kamen Dyal | Камен дял | 217 |
| Komunari | Комунари | 103 |
| Krasimir | Красимир | 85 |
| Lopushna | Лопушна | 909 |
| Medovets | Медовец | 1,689 |
| Partizani | Партизани | 1,113 |
| Polyatsite | Поляците | 833 |
| Royak | Рояк | 259 |
| Sava | Сава | 272 |
| Sladka Voda | Сладка вода | 49 |
| Tsonevo Tsonevo Tsonevo is a village located in the Luda Kamchiya Valley in Dalgopol Municipality, Varna Province, Bulgaria.... |
Цонево | 2,403 |
| Velichkovo | Величково | 557 |
| Total | 14,364 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.See also
- Provinces of BulgariaProvinces of BulgariaSince 1999, Bulgaria has been divided into 28 provinces which correspond approximately to the 28 districts that existed before 1987. In 1987, during the Communist regime of Todor Zhivkov, the districts were consolidated into nine larger provinces , which survived until 1999.Each province is named...
- Municipalities of BulgariaMunicipalities of BulgariaThe 28 provinces of Bulgaria are divided into 264 municipalities .-Blagoevgrad Province:# Bansko Municipality # Belitsa Municipality # Blagoevgrad Municipality...
- List of cities and towns in Bulgaria