Polski Trambesh Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Полски Тръмбеш) is a municipality (obshtina) in Veliko Tarnovo Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Polski Trambesh.
Polski Trambesh Municipality
Община Полски Тръмбеш | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Polski Trambesh Municipality within Bulgaria and Veliko Tarnovo Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°20′N 25°36′E / 43.333°N 25.600°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Veliko Tarnovo |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Polski Trambesh |
| Area | |
• Total | 463.66 km2 (179.02 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 15,309 |
| • Density | 33/km2 (86/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The municipality embraces a territory of 463.66 km2 (179.02 sq mi) with a population of 15,309 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
The main road E85 crosses the area centrally, from south to north, connecting the province centre of Veliko Tarnovo with the city of Ruse.
Settlements
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Polski Trambesh Municipality includes the following 15 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Polski Trambesh | Полски Тръмбеш | 4,546 |
| Ivancha | Иванча | 465 |
| Karantsi | Каранци | 318 |
| Kutsina | Куцина | 709 |
| Klimentovo | Климентово | 857 |
| Maslarevo | Масларево | 681 |
| Obedinenie | Обединение | 834 |
| Orlovets | Орловец | 557 |
| Pavel | Павел | 834 |
| Polski Senovets | Полски Сеновец | 770 |
| Petko Karavelovo | Петко Каравелово | 1,677 |
| Radanovo | Раданово | 1,686 |
| Stefan Stambolovo | Стефан Стамболово | 261 |
| Strahilovo | Страхилово | 942 |
| Varzulitsa | Вързулица | 172 |
| Total | 15,309 |
Demography
editThe following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Polski Trambesh Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 29,663 | 25,352 | 21,150 | 18,678 | 16,755 | 16,002 | 15,309 | 14,451 |
| Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7] | ||||||||
Bulgarians form a majority in 14 out of 15 settlements. One village, Petko Karavelovo, has a Turkish majority with 58,7% of its population belonging to the Turkish minority in Bulgaria. The village of Radanovo has the largest Roma population in the municipality of Polski Trambesh, with 367 out of 508 Roma living in the village of Radanovo. Roma make up 29,0% of the population of the village of Radanovo.
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.
External links
edit- Official website (in Bulgarian)