Avren Municipality

Avren Municipality
Община Аврен
Avren Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province.
Avren Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province.
Coordinates: 43°5′N 27°44′E / 43.083°N 27.733°E / 43.083; 27.733
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Varna
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Avren
Area
 • Total
380 km2 (150 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2009)[1]
 • Total
9,089
 • Density24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Avren Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Аврен) is a seaside municipality (obshtina) in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre – the village of Avren.

Its area spreads from Provadiya Municipality in the west to the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the east. To the south the municipality is mostly defined by the Kamchiya river and its estuary. It embraces a territory of 380 km2 (150 sq mi) with a population, as of December 2009, of 9,089 inhabitants.[1]