Varna Municipality

Varna Municipality
Община Варна
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; 27.867
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Varna
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Varna
Area
 • Total237.5 km2 (91.7 sq mi)
Population
 (15.03.2016)[1]
 • Total373,601
 • Density1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

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 (91.7 sq mi) with a population, as of March 2016, of 373,601 inhabitants, the nation's second largest municipality after the Sofia Capital Municipality.[2]

  1. ^ Динамичен ред: Pop_6.1.1_Pop_DR.xls. "Население по области, общини, местоживеене и пол | Национален статистически институт" (in Bulgarian). Nsi.bg. Retrieved 2018-05-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009