Levski municipality (Bulgarian: Община Левски) is a municipality (obshtina) in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Levski.
Levski Municipality
Община Левски | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Levski Municipality within Bulgaria and Pleven Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°23′N 25°9′E / 43.383°N 25.150°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Pleven |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Levski |
| Area | |
| • Total | 414 km2 (160 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 19,938 |
| • Density | 48/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The municipality embraces a territory of 414 km2 (160 sq mi) with a population, as of February 2011, of 19,938 inhabitants.[3]
Settlements edit
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Cherven Bryag
Nikopol
Knezha
Belene
Dolna Mitropoliya
(towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[4][5][6] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Levski | Левски | 10,571 |
| Asenovtsi | Асеновци | 1,606 |
| Asparuhovo | Аспарухово | 602 |
| Bozhurluk | Божурлук | 144 |
| Balgarene | Българене | 897 |
| Varana | Варана | 98 |
| Gradishte | Градище | 1,234 |
| Izgrev | Изгрев | 499 |
| Kozar Belene | Козар Белене | 843 |
| Malchika | Малчика | 1,438 |
| Obnova | Обнова | 2,242 |
| Stezherovo | Стежерово | 597 |
| Tranchovitsa | Трънчовица | 716 |
| Total | 21,487 |
Demography edit
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Levski Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 34,410 | 31,087 | 29,127 | 25,995 | 23,172 | 22,304 | 21,487 | ... |
| Sources: Census 2001,[7] Census 2011,[8] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[9] | ||||||||
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
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Levski (Municipality, Bulgaria) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". City Population. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "Levski (Municipality, Bulgaria) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location".
- ^ (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.