Tervel Municipality
Община Тервел | |
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Municipality | |
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) |
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.
The municipality embraces a territory of 579.7 km2 (223.8 sq mi) with a population of 17,458 inhabitants, 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.
Tervel Municipality includes the following 26 places; all of them are villages:
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population
[2]
[3]
[4] (December 2009) |
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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 |
The 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 | ||||||||
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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] |
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following: