Teteven Municipality
Teteven Municipality Община Тетевен | |
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Municipality | |
![]() Teteven Municipality within Bulgaria and Lovech Province. | |
Coordinates: 42°52′N 24°17′E / 42.867°N 24.283°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province (Oblast) | Lovech |
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Teteven |
Area | |
• Total | 697 km2 (269 sq mi) |
Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 22,016 |
• Density | 32/km2 (82/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Teteven Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Тетевен) is a municipality (obshtina) in Lovech Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located from the northern slopes of the central Stara planina mountain to the area of the Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Teteven.
The municipality embraces a territory of 697 km2 (269 sq mi) with a population of 22,016 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
The main road E772 crosses the area through the northernmost parts of the municipality.
Settlements
[edit]Teteven Municipality includes the following 13 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
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Teteven | Тетевен | 10,613 |
Babintsi | Бабинци | 272 |
Balgarski Izvor | Български извор | 1,304 |
Cherni Vit | Черни Вит | 722 |
Divchovoto | Дивчовото | 187 |
Galata | Галата | 2,532 |
Glogovo | Глогово | 1,472 |
Glozhene | Гложене | 1,059 |
Golyam Izvor | Голям извор | 529 |
Gradezhnitsa | Градежница | 1,789 |
Malka Zhelyazna | Малка Желязна | 144 |
Ribaritsa | Рибарица | 1,137 |
Vasilyovo | Васильово | 256 |
Total | 22,016 |
Demography
[edit]The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Teteven Municipality | ||||||||
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Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 26,661 | 26,689 | 25,952 | 23,768 | 22,715 | 22,266 | 22,016 | ... |
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)