Ruzhintsi Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Ружинци) is a municipality (obshtina) in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 8 km south of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Ruzhintsi.
Ruzhintsi Municipality
Община Ружинци | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Ruzhintsi Municipality within Bulgaria and Vidin Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°36′N 22°52′E / 43.600°N 22.867°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Vidin |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Ruzhintsi |
| Area | |
• Total | 232 km2 (90 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 4,890 |
| • Density | 21/km2 (55/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The municipality embraces a territory of 232 km2 (90 sq mi) with a population of 4,890 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
The main road E79 crosses the southern parts of the area, connecting the province centre of Vidin with the city of Montana and respectively with the western operating part of the Hemus motorway.
Settlements
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Ruzhintsi Municipality includes the following 10 places all of them villages:
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Ruzhintsi | Ружинци | 915 |
| Belo Pole | Бело поле | 929 |
| Cherno Pole | Черно поле | 283 |
| Dinkovo | Динково | 158 |
| Drazhintsi | Дражинци | 219 |
| Drenovets | Дреновец | 1,517 |
| Gyurgich | Гюргич | 278 |
| Pleshivets | Плешивец | 247 |
| Roglets | Роглец | 27 |
| Topolovets | Тополовец | 317 |
| Total | 4,890 |
Demography
editThe following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Ruzhintsi Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 9,722 | 7,740 | 7,101 | 6,061 | 5,423 | 5,166 | 4,890 | 4,374 |
| 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:
An overwhelming majority of the population of Ruzhintsi Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 82.8% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
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
- ^ (in English)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.
External links
edit- Info website (in Bulgarian)