{{Infobox settlement <!--more fields are available for this Infobox--See Template:Infobox Settlement--> | name = Krushari Municipality | native_name = Община Крушари | settlement_type = Municipality | image_flag = Flag of Krushari.png | image_map = Krushari Municipality Within Bulgaria.png | map_caption = Krushari 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 = Krushari | timezone = EET | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = EEST | utc_offset_DST = +3 | coordinates = {{coord|43|51|N|27|45|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}} | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 417.5 |population_footnotes = <ref name="divisions"/> |population_as_of = December 2009 |population_total = 5,296 | population_density_km2 = auto | website = }}
'''Krushari Municipality''' ({{langx|bg|Община Крушари}}) is a municipality (''obshtina'') in Dobrich Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in Southern Dobruja geographical region, bounded by Romania to the north. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Krushari.
The municipality embraces a territory of {{cvt|417.5|km2}} with a population of 5,296 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=November 13, 2010 }}</ref>
== Settlements == {{Image label begin|image=Map of Krushari municipality (Dobrich Province).png|width=264|thumb=1|float=right|caption=Krushari 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}}
Krushari Municipality includes the following 19 places, all of them are villages: {| 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 |date=November 13, 2010 }}</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> |- | Krushari | Крушари | align="center" | 1592 |- | Abrit | Абрит | align="center" | 285 |- | Aleksandria | Александрия | align="center" | 147 |- | Bistrets | Бистрец | align="center" | 112 |- | Dobrin | Добрин | align="center" | 185 |- | Efreytor Bakalovo | Ефрейтор Бакалово | align="center" | 292 |- | Gaber | Габер | align="center" | 123 |- | Kapitan Dimitrovo | Капитан Димитрово | align="center" | 134 |- | Koriten | Коритен | align="center" | 326 |- | Lozenets | Лозенец | align="center" | 607 |- | Ognyanovo | Огняново | align="center" | 34 |- | Polkovnik Dyakovo | Полковник Дяково | align="center" | 304 |- | Poruchik Kurdjievo | Поручик Кърджиево | align="center" | 54 |- | Severnyak | Северняк | align="center" | 178 |- | Severtsi | Северци | align="center" | 203 |- | Telerig | Телериг | align="center" | 514 |- | Zagortsi | Загорци | align="center" | 156 |- | Zementsi | Земенци | align="center" | 29 |- | Zimnitsa | Зимница | align="center" | 21 |- ! Total ! ! align="center" | 5,296 |}
== Demography == The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
{{Table BG Municipality population | municipality = Krushari | 1975 = 10,657 | 1985 = 8,594 | 1992 = 7,243 | 2001 = 5,924 | 2005 = 5,852 | 2007 = 5,617 | 2009 = 5,296 | 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 Krushari 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|43.3}} {{bar percent|Catholicism|purple|0.8}} {{bar percent|Protestantism|yellow|0.0}} {{bar percent|Islam|green|36.5}} {{bar percent|No religion|red|5.7}} {{bar percent|Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable|gray|13.7}} }}
==See also== * Provinces of Bulgaria * Municipalities of Bulgaria * List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
==References== <references />
==External links== * [http://www.krushari.bg/ Krushari municipality website] {{in lang|bg}}
{{Geographic Location |Centre = Krushari Municipality |North = {{flag|Romania}} |Northeast = General Toshevo Municipality, Dobrich Province |East = General Toshevo Municipality, Dobrich Province |Southeast = Dobrichka Municipality, Dobrich Province |South = Dobrichka Municipality, Dobrich Province |Southwest = Dobrichka Municipality, Dobrich Province |West = Tervel Municipality, Dobrich Province |Northwest = Kaynardzha Municipality, Silistra Province }}
{{Dobrich Province}}
Category:Municipalities in Dobrich Province