Tervel Municipality
Tervel Municipality is a municipality in Dobrich Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in Southern Dobruja geographical region, about 30 km south of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Tervel.
The municipality embraces a territory of 579.7 km² with a population of 17,458 inhabitants, as of December 2009.
More significant tourist sights in the area include the early Byzantine cave monasteries around the villages of Balik and Brestnitsa dating to the 5th-6th century.
Settlements
Tervel Municipality includes the following 26 places; all of them are villages:Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population |
Tervel | Тервел | 6667 |
Angelariy | Ангеларий | 145 |
Balik | Балик | 261 |
Bezmer | Безмер | 1229 |
Bozhan | Божан | 598 |
Bonevo | Бонево | 82 |
Brestnitsa, Dobrich Province | Брестница | 16 |
Chestimensko | Честименско | 412 |
Glavantsi | Главанци | 131 |
Gradnitsa, Dobrich Province | Градница | 405 |
Guslar | Гуслар | 24 |
Kableshkovo | Каблешково | 575 |
Kladentsi, Dobrich Province | Кладенци | 173 |
Kolartsi | Коларци | 688 |
Kochmar | Кочмар | 301 |
Mali izvor | Мали извор | 39 |
Nova Kamena | Нова Камена | 482 |
Onogur | Оногур | 39 |
Orlyak, Dobrich Province | Орляк | 1922 |
Polkovnik Savovo | Полковник Савово | 188 |
Popgruevo | Попгруево | 680 |
Profesor Zlatarski | Професор Златарски | 33 |
Surnets | Сърнец | 209 |
Voynikovo | Войниково | 11 |
Zarnevo | Зърнево | 1222 |
Zheglartsi | Жегларци | 926 |
Total | 17,458 |
Demography
The municipality has a mixed population consisting mostly of Bulgarians, Turks and Romani.The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.