Pleven Province

Pleven Province ( or Plevenska Oblast , umwhile name Pleven okrug) is a province locatit in central northren Bulgarie, borderin the Danube river, Romania an the Bulgarie provinces o Vratsa, Veliko Tarnovo an Lovech. It is dividit intae 11 subdiveesions, cried municipalities, that embrace a territory o 4,333.54 km² wi a population, as o Februar 2011, o 269 752 indwallers. Census 2011  Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009  „WorldCityPopulation“„pop-stat.mashke.org“ The province's caipital is the ceety o Pleven.

Namin
The follaein Bulgarie terms mey be uised:
 Плевенска област (Plevenska oblast)
 Област Плевен (Oblast Pleven)
 Плевенски окръг (Plevenski okrag), obsolete
 Окръг Плевен (Okrag Pleven), obsolete

Geografie
The province is pairt o the central Danubian Plain. It is crossed frae sooth tae north bi the rivers Iskar, Vit an Osam (in wast-east order); the river valleys are separatit bi limestane plateaus.

Municipalities

The Pleven province (област, oblast) contains 11 municipalities (). The follaein table shows the names o each municipality in Scots an Cyrillic, the main toun (in bauld) or veelage, an the population o each as o December 2009.

 Municipality Cyrillic Pop. Toun/Veelage Pop. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 „pop-stat.mashke.org“ Belene Белене 10,908 Belene 8,905 Gulyantsi Гулянци 13,561 Gulyantsi 3,432 Dolna Mitropoliya Долна Митрополия 21,304 Dolna Mitropoliya 3,303 Dolni Dabnik Долни Дъбник 14,438 Dolni Dabnik 4,761 Levski Левски 21,487 Levski 10,571 Nikopol Никопол 10,602 Nikopol 3,892 Iskar Искър 7,717 Iskar 3,622 Pleven Плевен 138,095 Pleven 111,426 Pordim Пордим 7,114 Pordim 2,117 Cherven Bryag Червен бряг 30,524 Cherven Bryag 13,856 Knezha Кнежа 14,839 Knezha 11,191

Demografie
Accordin tae the 2001 census, the population o the province wis 311,985 (312,018 an aa gien) o which Bulgaries constitute an overwhelming majority o 280,475. 16,931 signed as Turks (tho this nummer vera likely includes mony Roma) an 9,777 as Roma an aw. 283,626 fowk specifee'd Bulgarie as thair mither tongue, 14,947 declared tae speak Turkis at hame, while the native speakers o Roma are 8,861.

As o Februar 2011, the population o the province, annooncit bi the Bulgarie Naitional Statistical Institute, numbered 266 144  o which  are indwallers agit ower 60 years. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009 

The follaein table represents the chynge o the population in the province efter Warld War II:

Releegion

Releegious adherence in the province accordin tae 2001 census: Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001
 Census 2001 releegious adherence population % Orthodox Christians 275,11288.18% Muslims 15,6815.03% Roman Catholics 7,0652.26% Protestants 5480.18% Ither 1,3010.42% Releegion no mentioned 12,2783.93% tot 311,985100%

See an aw
Provinces o Bulgarie
Leet o veelages in Pleven Province

References

Freemit airtins
 Pleven Province


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