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Varna Municipality

Varna Municipality
Община Варна
Municipality
Varna Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province.
Varna Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province.
Coordinates: 43°11′N 27°52′E / 43.183°N 27.867°E / 43.183; 27.867Coordinates: 43°11′N 27°52′E / 43.183°N 27.867°E / 43.183; 27.867
Country  Bulgaria
Province (Oblast) Varna
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) Varna
Area
 • Total 237.5 km2 (91.7 sq mi)
Population (15.03.2016)
 • Total 373 601
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Varna Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Варна) is a seaside municipality (obshtina) in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and near Varna lake. It is named after its administrative centre - the city of Varna - which is also the capital of the homonymous province.

The municipality embraces a territory of 237.5 km² with a population, as of March 2016, of 373,601 inhabitants, the nation's second largest municipality after the Sofia Capital Municipality.

Varna Municipality includes the following 6 places (towns are shown in bold):

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.

According to the 2011 census, among those who answered the optional question on ethnic identification, the ethnic composition of the municipality was the following:


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