Cherven Bryag Municipality
Община Червен бряг | |
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Municipality | |
![]() Cherven Bryag Municipality within Bulgaria and Pleven Province. | |
Coordinates: 43°17′N 24°9′E / 43.283°N 24.150°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province (Oblast) | Pleven |
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Cherven Bryag |
Area | |
• Total | 584 km2 (225 sq mi) |
Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 30,524 |
• Density | 52/km2 (140/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Cherven Bryag Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Червен бряг) is a municipality (obshtina) in Pleven Province, northwestern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Cherven Bryag.[2] With a population of 30,524, as of December 2009,[1] it is the second largest municipality in the province.[3]
The municipality is located by the right side of the Iskar River, close to the inlet of Zlatna Panega River. It has area of 584 km2 (225 sq mi).[2]
It borders with Lukovit, Roman, Dolni Dabnik, Iskar, Knezha and Byala Slatina municipalities. The Sofia - Rousse highway and Sofia-Varna railroad pass through municipality.[3]
The municipality has 37 protected areas, including Kuklite ("The Dolls") rock formations on the lands of Resselets village; Kaleto tectonic ridge on the lands of Reselets village; Skoka waterfall on the lands of Reselets; Haydoushka cave near Deventsi; Sedlarkata Rock Bridge on the lands of Rakita; Neolithic settlements near Telish, Thracian settlements in Chomakovtsi, Roman cites near Resselets and Chomakovtsi.[3]
Settlements
[edit]Settlement | Cyrillic | Postal code[3] | Status | Population[4][5][6] (December 2009) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Breste | Бресте | 5992 | village | 440 |
Glava | Глава | 5985 | village | 1,397 |
Gornik | Горник | 5991 | village | 1,250 |
Deventsi | Девенци | 5995 | village | 775 |
Koynare | Койнаре | 5986 | town | 4,464 |
Lepitsa | Лепица | 5987 | village | 458 |
Radomirtsi | Радомирци | 5997 | village | 1,523 |
Rakita | Ракита | 5998 | village | 938 |
Reselets | Реселец | 5993 | village | 1,061 |
Ruptsi | Рупци | 5994 | village | 1,237 |
Suhache | Сухаче | 5988 | village | 751 |
Telish | Телиш | 5990 | village | 1,166 |
Cherven Bryag | Червен бряг | 5980 | town, capital |
13,856 |
Chomakovtsi | Чомаковци | 5989 | village | 1208 |
total | 30,524 |
Demography
[edit]The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Cherven Bryag Municipality | ||||||||
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Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 45,044 | 43,088 | 40,876 | 35,562 | 32,157 | 31,281 | 30,524 | ... |
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]- ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Official website of Cherven Bryag municipality (in Bulgarian)
- ^ a b c d "Municipality Cherven bryag"
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, 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.