The municipality embraces a territory of 442 km2 (171 sq mi) with a population, as of December 2009, of 14,364 inhabitants.[1] The area contains the Tsonevo Reservoir - the third biggest in the country, developed along the Luda Kamchiya river which is the main tributary of Kamchiya river that crosses the municipality from west to east.
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Dalgopol Municipality
Year
1975
1985
1992
2001
2005
2007
2009
2011
Population
18,797
18,232
16,514
15,902
15,002
14,700
14,364
...
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7]
Religion
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
Religious composition of Dalgopol Municipality [8]