Letnitsa Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Летница) is a small municipality (obshtina) in Lovech Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located on the border between the area of the Fore-Balkan and the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Letnitsa.
Letnitsa Municipality
Община Летница | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Letnitsa Municipality within Bulgaria and Lovech Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°16′N 25°3′E / 43.267°N 25.050°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Lovech |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Letnitsa |
| Area | |
| • Total | 178 km2 (69 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
| • Total | 5,101 |
| • Density | 29/km2 (74/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The municipality embraces a territory of 178 km2 (69 sq mi) with a population of 5,101 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
Settlements edit
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Apriltsi
Troyan
Teteven
Lukovit
Ugarchin
Yablanitsa
Letnitsa Municipality includes the following 4 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Letnitsa | Летница | 3,739 |
| Gorsko Slivovo | Горско Сливово | 715 |
| Krushuna | Крушуна | 505 |
| Karpachevo | Кърпачево | 142 |
| Total | 5,101 |
Demography edit
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Letnitsa Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 8,043 | 7,201 | 6,752 | 5,607 | 5,392 | 5,258 | 5,101 | ... |
| Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7] | ||||||||
Religion edit
According 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 edit
References edit
- ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (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.
External links edit
- Official website (in Bulgarian)