Black Sea Euroregion
Black Sea Euroregion (Bulgarian: Черноморски еврорегион, transcript. Chernomorski evroregion, Romanian: Euroregiunea Mării Negre) is a seaside Euroregion, located in Bulgaria and Romania.
Creation
The Congress of the Council of Europe launched a Black Sea Euroregion on 26 September 2008, when the constituent act was signed by 14 authorities in four countries.[1]
Composition
The region is composed of:
- Burgas Province, Dobrich Province and Varna Province in Bulgaria (16,300 km2,[2] 1,060,000 inhabitants[3])
- Constanța County and Tulcea County in Romania (15,600 km2, 980,000 inhabitants[4])
The largest city is Varna,[3][5] The administrative center of the euroregion is Varna. The port of Constanța is marginally the largest port on the Black Sea.
Largest cities
This is a list of cities over 10.000 inhabitants in the region:
City | Population | Metro | Country |
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Varna | 332,686 | 523,737 | Bulgaria |
Constanța | 310,471[6] | 446,595[7] | Romania |
Burgas | 200.264 | 410,000 | Bulgaria |
Tulcea | 92,379 | Romania | |
Dobrich | 89,472 | Bulgaria | |
Medgidia | 44,850 | Romania | |
Mangalia | 41,153 | Romania | |
Năvodari | 34,669 | Romania | |
Cernavodă | 19,890 | Romania | |
Aitos | 19,537 | Bulgaria | |
Karnobat | 18,394 | Bulgaria | |
Pomorie | 14,170 | Bulgaria | |
Ovidiu | 13,458 | Romania | |
Nesebar | 13,347 | Bulgaria | |
Provadiya | 13,090 | Bulgaria | |
Kavarna | 11,368 | Bulgaria | |
Balchik | 11,321 | Bulgaria | |
Hârşova | 11,198 | Romania | |
Murfatlar | 10,857 | Romania | |
Măcin | 10,625 | Romania | |
Babadag | 10,037 | Romania |
Objectives
The "Black Sea Euro-region" initiative seeks to encourage greater awareness and careful use of the Black Sea resources and their sustainable management, as well as regionalisation processes in the area.
References
- ^ International Conference to launch the “Black Sea Euroregion” Communication Unit of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities. Press release.
- ^ Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 Archived 2011-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b (in Bulgarian)Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Express data from Census 2011 Archived April 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Romanian National Institute of Statistics
- ^ "Home". zmc.ro.
- ^ According to 2002 Romanian Census
- ^ "Populaţia stabilă la 1.01.2009" (in Romanian). INSSE. May 19, 2009. Archived from the original on September 2, 2009. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
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