Black Sea Euroregion
Black Sea Euroregion (Template:Langx, transcript. Chernomorski evroregion, Template:Langx) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna | 332,686 | 523,737 | Template:Flagcountry |
| Constanța | 310,471[6] | 446,595[7] | Template:Flagcountry |
| Burgas | 200.264 | 410,000 | Template:Flagcountry |
| Tulcea | 92,379 | Template:Flagcountry | |
| Dobrich | 89,472 | Template:Flagcountry | |
| Medgidia | 44,850 | Template:Flagcountry | |
| Mangalia | 41,153 | Template:Flagcountry | |
| Năvodari | 34,669 | Template:Flagcountry | |
| Cernavodă | 19,890 | Template:Flagcountry | |
| Aitos | 19,537 | Template:Flagcountry | |
| Karnobat | 18,394 | Template:Flagcountry | |
| Pomorie | 14,170 | Template:Flagcountry | |
| Ovidiu | 13,458 | Template:Flagcountry | |
| Nesebar | 13,347 | Template:Flagcountry | |
| Provadiya | 13,090 | Template:Flagcountry | |
| Kavarna | 11,368 | Template:Flagcountry | |
| Balchik | 11,321 | Template:Flagcountry | |
| Hârşova | 11,198 | Template:Flagcountry | |
| Murfatlar | 10,857 | Template:Flagcountry | |
| Măcin | 10,625 | Template:Flagcountry | |
| Babadag | 10,037 | Template:Flagcountry |
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
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- ↑ 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 Template:Webarchive
- ↑ a b Template:In langBulgarian National Statistical Institute - Express data from Census 2011 Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Romanian National Institute of Statistics
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