Country Bulgaria Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) Balchik Area 523 km² | Province (Oblast) Dobrich Time zone EET (UTC+2) Population 21,832 (Dec 2009) | |
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Balchik Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Балчик) 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 Balchik.
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Map of Balchik, Bulgaria
The municipality embraces a territory of 523 km² with a population of 21,832 inhabitants, as of December 2009.
The area is best known with the Balchik Palace complex in the main town as well as the luxury seaside resort of Albena. The main road E87 crosses the municipality connecting the port of Varna with the Romanian port of Konstanza.
Settlements
Balchik Municipality includes the following 22 places (towns are shown in bold):
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.