Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality
Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality
Община Горна Оряховица | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality within Bulgaria and Veliko Tarnovo Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°9′N 25°42′E / 43.150°N 25.700°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Veliko Tarnovo |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Gorna Oryahovitsa |
| Area | |
• Total | 318 km2 (123 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 48,695 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Горна Оряховица) is a municipality (obshtina) in Veliko Tarnovo Province, central-north Bulgaria. It covers an area of 318 km2 (123 sq mi) with a total population of 48,695 people (as of 2009-12-31).[1] The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Gorna Oryahovitsa, which is situated at the foot of Arbanashka Mountain, along the Yantra River.
Settlements
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The municipality has 14 settlements (2 towns and 12 villages).
Note: The place names in bold have the status of town (in Bulgarian: град, transliterated as grad). Other localities have the status of village (in Bulgarian: село, transliterated as selo). The names of localities are transliterated in Latin alphabet,[2][3] followed in parentheses by the original name in Bulgarian Cyrillic (which links to the corresponding Bulgarian Wikipedia article).
| Town/Village | Cyrillic script | Population[4][5][6] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Dolna Oryahovitsa | Долна Оряховица | 3,027 |
| Draganovo | Драганово | 2,730 |
| Gorna Oryahovitsa | Горна Оряховица | 32,436 |
| Gorski Dolen Trambesh | Горски Долен Тръмбеш | 381 |
| Gorski Goren Trambesh | Горски Горен Тръмбеш | 202 |
| Krusheto | Крушето | 947 |
| Paisiy | Паисий | 197 |
| Parvomaytsi | Първомайци | 2,829 |
| Pisarevo | Писарево | 1,079 |
| Polikraishte | Поликрайще | 2,029 |
| Pravda | Правда | 637 |
| Strelets | Стрелец | 379 |
| Varbitsa | Върбица | 1,186 |
| Yantra | Янтра | 636 |
| Total | 48,695 |
Demography
[edit]The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 58,413 | 62,367 | 58,529 | 53,142 | 50,909 | 49,707 | 48,695 | ... |
| 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 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Geonames Search Archived 2010-03-07 at the Wayback Machine at National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) - reference for location names
- ^ Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality, Veliko Turnovo District at Guide-Bulgaria.com - reference for location names
- ^ (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)
- Gorna.bg Informational portal for municipality of Gorna Oryahovitsa (Bulgarian)(in Bulgarian)
Capital: Gorna Oryahovitsa (Горна Оряховица) | |
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