Pleven Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Плевен) is a municipality (obshtina) in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the city of Pleven which is also the capital of the Province.
Pleven Municipality
Община Плевен | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Pleven Municipality within Bulgaria and Pleven Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°25′N 24°37′E / 43.417°N 24.617°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Pleven |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Pleven |
| Area | |
• Total | 812.10 km2 (313.55 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 138,095 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The municipality embraces a territory of 812.10 km2 (313.55 sq mi) with a population, as of December 2009, of 138,095 inhabitants.[1]
Settlements
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Cherven Bryag
Levski
Nikopol
Knezha
Belene
Dolna Mitropoliya
(towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Pleven | Плевен | 111,426 |
| Beglezh | Беглеж | 782 |
| Bohot | Бохот | 880 |
| Brestovets | Брестовец | 1,124 |
| Brashlyanitsa | Бръшляница | 848 |
| Bukovlak | Буковлък | 3,850 |
| Varbitsa | Върбица | 656 |
| Gortalovo | Горталово | 186 |
| Grivitsa | Гривица | 1,778 |
| Disevitsa | Дисевица | 1,127 |
| Koilovtsi | Коиловци | 1,123 |
| Kartozhabene | Къртожабене | 141 |
| Kashin | Къшин | 303 |
| Laskar | Ласкар | 129 |
| Mechka | Мечка | 849 |
| Nikolaevo | Николаево | 740 |
| Opanets | Опанец | 1796 |
| Pelishat | Пелишат | 794 |
| Radishevo | Радишево | 507 |
| Ralevo | Ралево | 347 |
| Slavyanovo | Славяново | 4,422 |
| Todorovo | Тодорово | 425 |
| Tuchenitsa | Тученица | 339 |
| Tarnene | Търнене | 987 |
| Yasen | Ясен | 2536 |
| Total | 138,095 |
Demography
editThe following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Pleven Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 145,380 | 161,991 | 160,480 | 149,174 | 140,967 | 139,573 | 138,095 | ... |
| Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7] | ||||||||
Religion
editAccording to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
- ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.