Burgas Municipality

Burgas Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Бургас, Obshtina Burgas) is the most populated municipality in Burgas Province. It includes Burgas, the town of Balgarovo and 12 villages. After a referendum in 2011 Izvor became part of Burgas Municipality.[1]

Burgas Municipality

Община Бургас
Municipality (Obshtina)
Location in Burgas province
Location on map of Bulgaria
CountryBulgaria
Province (Oblast)Burgas
SeatBurgas
Area
 • Total488.61 km2 (188.65 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total232,311
 • Density480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Websitewww.burgas.bg/en

Demographics

Religion

According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:

Religious composition of Burgas Municipality [2]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 85.8%
Catholicism
 
 0.4%
Protestantism
 
 1.1%
Islam
 
 2.2%
No religion
 
 4.6%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 5.9%

References
  1. http://www.dariknews.bg/view_article.php?article_id=520366
  2. "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.

Media related to Burgas Municipality at Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.