Black Sea Euroregion

A seaside Euroregion

Map of 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

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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

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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

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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

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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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1. ^ International Conference to launch the “Black Sea Euroregion” Communication Unit of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities. Press release.
2. ^ Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 Archived 2011-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ a b (in Bulgarian)Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Express data from Census 2011 Archived April 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ Romanian National Institute of Statistics
5. ^ "Home". zmc.ro.
6. ^ According to 2002 Romanian Census
7. ^ "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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