Black Sea Euroregion

Map of Black Sea Euroregion

Black Sea Euroregion (Bulgarian: Черноморски еврорегион, translit. 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])
Constanţa County and Tulcea County in Romania (15,600 km², 980,000 inhabitants^[4])

The largest city is Varna,^[3] while Constanţa is the largest metropolitan area.^[5] The administrative center of the euroregion is Constanţa. The port of Constanţa is the largest port at the Black Sea and one of the largest in Europe.

Largest cities

This is a list of cities over 10.000 inhabitants in the region:

City	Population	Metro	Country
Varna	343,486	475,000	Bulgaria
Constanţa	310,471^[6]	446,595^[7]	Romania
Burgas	200.264	212,902	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

↑ https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1345813&Site=Congress&BackColorInternet=e0cee1&BackColorIntranet=e0cee1&BackColorLogged=FFC679
↑ Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91
1 2 (Bulgarian)Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Express data from Census 2011 Archived April 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Romanian National Institute of Statistics
↑ http://www.zmc.ro/
↑ According to 2002 Romanian Census
↑ "Populaţia stabilă la 1.01.2009" (in Romanian). INSSE. May 19, 2009. Retrieved May 25, 2009.

Euroregions

Alphabetically by United Nations European area

Central	Bavarian Forest–Bohemian Forest/Šumava Beskydy (Beskidy) Cieszyn Silesia Dobrava Egrensis Elbe / Labe Glacensis Inn–Salzach Inntal Ister–Granum Neisse / Nisa / Nysa Ore Mountains Pomerania Pomoraví–Záhorie–Weinviertel Praděd (Pradziad) Pro Europa Viadrina Raetia Nova Salzburg–Berchtesgadener Land–Traunstein Silesia Silva Nortica Spree–Neisse–Bober Tatrus Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino Via Salina West Pannonia White Carpathians Zugspitze–Wetterstein–Karwendel

Eastern	Belasica Black Sea Białowieża Forest Biharia Bug Carpathian Danube 21 Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Donbas Eurobalkans (Niš–Sofia–Skopje) Karelia Mesta / Nestos Neman Siret – Prut – Nistru Stara Planina Upper Prut Lower Danube

Northern	Archipelago Arvika / Kongsvinger (ARKO) Baltic Barents Euro-Arctic Bornholm–Southwestern Skåne Cross-Channel East Sussex–Seine-Maritime–Somme Helsinki–Tallinn Karelia Kvarken–MittSkandia Neman North Calotte Østfold–Bohuslän/Dalsland Pomerania Southern Jutland–Schleswig Tornio

Southern	Adriatic Ionian Alps–Mediterranean Belasica Danube–Drava–Sava Drina–Sava–Majevica Eurobalkans (Niš–Sofia–Skopje) Insubria Mesta / Nestos Pyrenees–Mediterranean Sea Alps Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino

Western	Belgian–Dutch border (BENEGO) Benelux–Middengebied Ems Dollart Enschede–Gronau (EUREGIO) Galicia–North Portugal Insubria Meuse–Rhine Pyrenees–Mediterranean Rhine–North Meuse Rhine–Waal SaarLorLux Scheldemond TriRhena

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