Sozopol Municipality
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The municipality of Sozopol (also written Sozopol , Bulgarian Община Созопол / Obschtina Sozopol) is a Bulgarian municipality in the east of the country; it belongs to the Burgas Oblast . The community center is the port city of Sozopol , the most populous place in the community. According to the census carried out in the spring of 2011, which was carried out in accordance with EU requirements after Bulgaria was admitted to the European Union, the municipality had 12,610 inhabitants.
Location and special features
The municipality borders the municipality of Burgas in the north, the municipality of Kameno in the north-west, the municipality of Sredez in the west and the municipalities of Malko Tarnowo and Primorsko in the south. In 2008 it covered an area of 526,958 decares .
The municipality extends in an east-west direction from the Black Sea to deep in the Strandscha Mountains. The most important traffic connections of the municipality the national road 2nd order I / 9 , which is part of the European route 87 and connects Burgas with Malko Tarnowo on the Bulgarian-Turkish border as well as the national road 2nd order II / 99 along the coast run in a north South direction.
In the east the municipality borders on the Black Sea, on the Gulf of Burgas . A total of 51 km of the Black Sea coast between Cape Atija and Maslen nos lie in the municipality, of which 17.1 are beaches. In the bay of Sozopol with its fertile coastal plain are the cities of Sozopol and Chernomorets and the municipal villages Rawadinowo and Atija . The plain borders on the Meden rid range of hills to the west , part of the Strandscha Mountains. The range of hills, the highest elevation of which is the Bakarlak peak (362 m), divides the community in a north-south direction: so that there is no direct road connection between the community center and the villages to the west of the range of hills. The Meden rid is bounded in the west by the valley of the Rossen river (tributary of the Ropotamo ) and by the mountainous region of Bosna , which is also part of the mountain range.
The community village of Rossen is located on the western slope of the Meden rid in a straight line of 10 km from Sozopol, but the road connection initially leads north via Chernomorets and Atija and is 22 km long. The community village of Indsche Wojwoda is located approx. 50 km southwest of Sozopol deep in the Schrandscha Mountains and can be reached either via Burgas or Primorsko. The municipality of Prissad is located around 20 km from Burgas and Sredez, but over 40 km from Sozopol. For the residents of the mountain areas, it is much easier to reach the provincial town of Burgas or other community centers such as Sredez or Primorsko, where they will find appropriate infrastructure such as further education or medical care (see e.g. Education in Sozopol ). The geographical division of the municipality also prevents the tourist from the coastal towns from accessing the mountain resorts.
The geographical division is also reflected in the economic and population structure as well as the infrastructure. While tourism is the most important industry in the coastal towns , it is agriculture and forestry in the mountain towns , although there are no large farms in the whole of the municipality. While in the coastal towns there is low unemployment and job opportunities for the young population in the summer months, the mountain towns suffer from rural exodus, higher unemployment and the aging of society.
In addition, many of the mountain towns emerged after the rural exodus of the Bulgarian population in the course of the Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829) only when they were resettled by Bulgarian refugees from Eastern and Western Thrace (→ Thracian Bulgarians ) from the middle of the 19th century. In many places, some of the quickly built, simple accommodations (the so-called Sharon houses ) are still preserved today. After the communist seizure of power and the initiated collectivization, part of the population moved to the nearby city of Burgas.
Demographics
Unemployment in Sozopol municipality is lower than the country's average, but fluctuates between 4 and 10 percent due to seasonal employment in the tourism industry. In July 2006 with 234 unemployed it was 4.42%, in October 2011 it was 10.4% and in June 2012 it was 9%.
A census carried out at the beginning of 2011, which was carried out in accordance with EU requirements after Bulgaria was admitted to the European Union, provided the first opportunity not to answer questions about ethnic and religious affiliation or about the mother tongue. However, only 11,202 out of 12,610 citizens of the municipality answered the question about ethnicity, 8889 of them described themselves as Bulgarians, 523 as Turks , 1678 as Roma and 88 stated another and 24 no ethnicity. In 1930 (974 men and 956 women) community residents were under 15 years of age; 7512 (4026 men and 3486 women) in a working elderly as well as 3168 (1262 men and 1906 women) pensioners (from 60 years for women and from 63 years for men).
The population development of Sozopol municipality can be summarized in three main periods: population increase until the middle of the 19th century, decrease between 1956 and 2002 and stabilization with a slight increase since 2002. For example, after 10 years of decline, the population of Sozopol is growing again after 2002. The municipality has a positive migration balance. In 2011, 346 people (193 men and 153 women) settled in the community and 223 (121 men and 102 women) moved away.
The relationship between women and men is balanced. At the end of 2011 the municipality of Sozopol had 12,657 inhabitants, of which 6278 were men and 6379 women. 6347 (3141 men and 3206 women) lived in the towns of the municipality and 6310 inhabitants (3137 men and 3173 women) in the municipal villages. For every 213 deaths, there were 128 newborns in 2011. The birth rate was thus 10.01.
Politics and administration
Local government
| Political party | Election result | +/- * | Votes | Seats | +/- * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GERB | 46.20% | +38.19% | 3,582 | 11 | + 9 |
| Bulgarian Socialist Party | 14.37% | + 2.08% | 1,114 | 3 | + 1 |
| Bulgarian People's Union of Peasants "Aleksandar Stambolijski" |
12.56% | - 5.32% | 974 | 2 | - 1 |
| (* Change compared to 2007 local elections) | |||||
The city council of Sozopol also functions as the municipal council and is responsible for the control of all mayors of the municipalities. The city council consists of the mayor and the number of 20 city council members prescribed by the municipal code. The city council is re-elected every four years, the next election is in 2015. Since the last local elections on October 23, 2011, the seat distribution of the city council has been shown with a turnout of 71.16%, as can be seen in the table.
Community structure
Until 2011, the village of Isvor also belonged to the municipality of Sozopol, but separated after a referendum and joined the municipality of the nearer and larger Burgas .
In addition to Sozopol, the town of Chernomorets and the following villages also belong to the municipality of Sozopol :
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Bulgaria: Population by province, municipality and place as well as by age. (.xls; 1.2 MB) 2011 Census. Accessed August 20, 2012 (Bulgarian).
- ↑ a b c d e Sozopol Municipality: Development plan of Sozopol Municipality for the period 2007-2013. (Doc file) (No longer available online.) Website of the Burgas Provincial Administration, formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 6, 2012 (Bulgarian). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Provincial Administration
- ↑ Increase in unemployment figures for October 2011 ( memento of the original from December 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , burgasnews.com of November 23, 2012, accessed August 20, 2012
- ↑ Unemployment figures in the municipalities in the Burgas province
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Bulgaria: Population by ethnicity. (.xls; 758 kB) Census 2011. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 21, 2013 ; Retrieved January 27, 2012 (Bulgarian).
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Bulgaria: Population by municipality and gender. (.xls) 2011 Census. Retrieved January 27, 2012 (Bulgarian).
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Bulgaria: Migration in Bulgaria by municipality and gender. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 13, 2012 ; Retrieved August 20, 2012 (Bulgarian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Bulgaria: Population by city and gender. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 18, 2011 ; Retrieved August 20, 2012 (Bulgarian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Central Election Commission: Final results of the 2011 local elections in Sozopol. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 1, 2012 ; Retrieved May 23, 2012 (Bulgarian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Darik Radio: The village of Iswor is part of Burgas. Retrieved August 25, 2011 (Bulgarian).
- ^ Official website of the Sozopol Municipality: Places that belong to the Sozopol Municipality. Retrieved June 6, 2012 (Bulgarian).
- ↑ Population figures as of June 15, 2012 (Bulgarian) at the registration office
Web links
- Official website (bulg.) Of the municipal council
- General information about the Sozopol municipality. Website of the Burgas Provincial Administration, accessed on August 17, 2012 (Bulgarian).