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.
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) |
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
edit.png)
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
editThe 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
editAccording 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
editReferences
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)