Pavlikeni Municipality
Pavlikeni Municipality
Община Павликени | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Pavlikeni Municipality within Bulgaria and Veliko Tarnovo Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°16′N 25°19′E / 43.267°N 25.317°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Veliko Tarnovo |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Pavlikeni |
| Area | |
• Total | 622 km2 (240 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 26,342 |
| • Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Pavlikeni Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Павликени) is a municipality (obshtina) in Veliko Tarnovo Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located mostly in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Pavlikeni.
The municipality embraces a territory of 622.56 km2 (240.37 sq mi) with a population of 26,342 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
The Hemus motorway is planned to cross the area, connecting the capital city of Sofia with the port of Varna on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.
Settlements
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Pavlikeni Municipality includes the following 20 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Pavlikeni | Павликени | 11,151 |
| Batak | Батак | 951 |
| Butovo | Бутово | 922 |
| Byala Cherkva | Бяла Черква | 2,612 |
| Dolna Lipnitsa | Долна Липница | 806 |
| Dimcha | Димча | 411 |
| Daskot | Дъскот | 488 |
| Gorna Lipnitsa | Горна Липница | 646 |
| Karaisen | Караисен | 1,210 |
| Lesicheri | Лесичери | 571 |
| Mihaltsi | Михалци | 952 |
| Musina | Мусина | 242 |
| Nedan | Недан | 1,384 |
| Patresh | Патреш | 572 |
| Paskalevets | Паскалевец | 315 |
| Rositsa | Росица | 169 |
| Slomer | Сломер | 454 |
| Stambolovo | Стамболово | 831 |
| Vishovgrad | Вишовград | 367 |
| Varbovka | Върбовка | 1,288 |
| Total | 26,342 |
Demography
[edit]The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Pavlikeni Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 40,805 | 36,709 | 35,238 | 31,312 | 28,845 | 27,592 | 26,342 | ... |
| 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
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
- ^ (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)