{{Infobox settlement <!--more fields are available for this Infobox--See Template:Infobox Settlement--> | name = Kavarna Municipality | native_name = Община Каварна | settlement_type = Municipality | image_shield = | image_map = Kavarna Municipality Within Bulgaria.png | map_caption = Kavarna Municipality within Bulgaria and Dobrich Province. | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{BUL}} | subdivision_type1 = Province {{smaller|(Oblast)}} | subdivision_name1 = Dobrich | subdivision_type2 = Admin. centre {{smaller|(Obshtinski tsentar)}} | subdivision_name2 = Kavarna | timezone = EET | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = EEST | utc_offset_DST = +3 | coordinates = {{coord|43|28|N|28|22|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}} | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 481.4 |population_footnotes = <ref name="divisions"/> |population_as_of = December 2009 |population_total = 15,861 | population_density_km2 = auto | website = }}
'''Kavarna Municipality''' ({{langx|bg|Община Каварна}}) is a municipality (''obshtina'') in Dobrich Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located on the Northern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in Southern Dobruja geographical region. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Kavarna.
The municipality embraces a territory of {{cvt|481.4|km2}} with a population of 15,861 inhabitants, as of December 2009.<ref name="divisions">{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1585#cont Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113165626/http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1585 |date=2010-11-13 }}</ref>
Geographically, the area is best known with the long and narrow headland of Kaliakra. The main road E87 crosses the municipality connecting the port of Varna with the Romanian port of Constanța.
== Settlements == {{Image label begin|image=Map of Kavarna municipality (Dobrich Province).png|width=264|thumb=1|float=right|caption=Kavarna Municipality within Dobrich Province}} {{Image label small|x=1.03|y=1.15|scale=100|text=13px|center'''<span style="color:Black;">Dobrich</span>'''}} {{Image label small|x=1.75|y=1.52|scale=100|text='''<span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; font-size: 1.4em;">•</span>'''}} {{Image label small|x=1.70|y=1.60|scale=100|text=Balchik}} {{Image label small|x=2.05|y=1.47|scale=100|text='''<span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; font-size: 1.4em;">•</span>'''}} {{Image label small|x=2.00|y=1.40|scale=100|text='''Kavarna'''}} {{Image label small|x=2.40|y=1.20|scale=100|text='''<span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; font-size: 1.4em;">•</span>'''}} {{Image label small|x=2.33|y=1.12|scale=100|text=Shabla}} {{Image label small|x=0.55|y=0.80|scale=100|text='''<span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; font-size: 1.4em;">•</span>'''}} {{Image label small|x=0.35|y=0.88|scale=100|text=Tervel}} {{Image label small|x=1.10|y=0.62|scale=100|text='''<span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; font-size: 1.4em;">•</span>'''}} {{Image label small|x=0.90|y=0.54|scale=100|text=Krushari}} {{Image label small|x=1.53|y=0.85|scale=100|text='''<span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; font-size: 1.4em;">•</span>'''}} {{Image label small|x=1.40|y=0.77|scale=100|text=General Toshevo}} {{Image label small|x=0.80|y=0.92|scale=100|text=Dobrichka}} {{Image label end}}
Kavarna Municipality includes the following 21 places (towns are shown in bold): {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Town/Village ! Cyrillic ! Population<ref name="statistika">{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1588#cont Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113165731/http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1588#cont |date=2010-11-13 }}</ref><ref name="villages under 1000">{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/nrnm/index.php?ezik=en&f=8&s=1&date=29.12.2010&e=1&s1=4&c1=2&a1=1000&c=0 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009]</ref><ref name="Settlements 1000-5000">{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/nrnm/index.php?ezik=en&f=8&s=1&date=29.12.2010&e=1&s1=4&c1=3&a1=1000&c=1&s2=4&c2=2&a2=5000 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009]</ref><br><small>(December 2009)</small> |- | '''Kavarna''' | '''Каварна''' | align="center" | 11,397 |- | Belgun | Белгун | align="center" | 390 |- | Bilo | Било | align="center" | 48 |- | Bozhurets | Божурец | align="center" | 131 |- | Balgarevo | Българево | align="center" | 1,396 |- | Chelopechene | Челопечене | align="center" | 110 |- | Hadzhi Dimitar | Хаджи Димитър | align="center" | 117 |- | Irechek | Иречек | align="center" | 25 |- | Kamen Bryag | Камен бряг | align="center" | 81 |- | Krupen | Крупен | align="center" | 40 |- | Mogilishte | Могилище | align="center" | 97 |- | Neykovo | Нейково | align="center" | 99 |- | Poruchik Chunchevo | Поручик Чунчево | align="center" | 62 |- | Rakovski | Раковски | align="center" | 300 |- | Sveti Nikola | Свети Никола | align="center" | 239 |- | Seltse | Селце | align="center" | 120 |- | Septemvriytsi | Септемврийци | align="center" | 538 |- | Topola | Топола | align="center" | 156 |- | Travnik | Травник | align="center" | 43 |- | Vidno | Видно | align="center" | 187 |- | Vranino | Вранино | align="center" | 285 |- ! Total ! ! align="center" | 15,861 |} thumb|255px|right|Kaliakra headland
== Demography == The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
{{Table BG Municipality population | municipality = Kavarna | 1975 = 19,709 | 1985 = 19,096 | 1992 = 18,044 | 2001 = 16,688 | 2005 = 16,317 | 2007 = 16,094 | 2009 = 15,861 | 2011 = ... | ref 1 = <ref name="divisions"/> | ref 2 = <ref name="divisions census 2001">[https://web.archive.org/web/20200202022156/https://www.nsi.bg/Census2011/Census/Census.htm National Statistical Institute - Census 2001]</ref> | ref 3 = <ref name="pop-stat-divisions">[http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-division.htm „pop-stat.mashke.org“]</ref> }}
=== 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: {{bar box |width=300px |title=Religious composition of Kavarna Municipality <ref>{{cite web|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-religion2011.htm|title=Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011|website=pop-stat.mashke.org}}</ref> |titlebar=#ddd |bars= {{bar percent|Orthodox Christianity|blue|70.5}} {{bar percent|Catholicism|purple|0.4}} {{bar percent|Protestantism|yellow|0.2}} {{bar percent|Islam|green|10.5}} {{bar percent|No religion|red|7.7}} {{bar percent|Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable|gray|11.7}} }}
==See also== *Provinces of Bulgaria *Municipalities of Bulgaria *List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110706143444/http://www.kavarna.bg/index.php?lang=bg Official website] {{in lang|bg}}
{{Dobrich Province}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Municipalities in Dobrich Province