Levski Municipality

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 / 43.383; 25.150Coordinates: 43°23′N 25°9′E / 43.383°N 25.150°E / 43.383; 25.150
Country  Bulgaria
Province (Oblast) Pleven
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) Levski
Area
 • Total 414 km2 (160 sq mi)
Population (December 2009)[1]
 • Total 21,487
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

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.

The municipality embraces a territory of 414 km² with a population, as of December 2009, of 21,487 inhabitants.[1]

Settlements

Pleven
•
Cherven Bryag


•
Levski
•
Nikopol
•
Knezha
•
Belene
•
Dolna Mitropoliya
Levski Municipality within Pleven Province

(towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[2][3][4]
(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

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,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
  2. ↑ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
  3. ↑ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
  4. ↑ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
  5. ↑ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
  6. ↑ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  7. ↑ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
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