Pleven Province ( or Плевенска Област) is a province located in central northern Bulgaria, bordering the Danube river, Romania and the Bulgarian provinces of Vratsa, Veliko Tarnovo and Lovech. It is divided into 11 subdivisions, called municipalities, that embrace a territory of with a population, as of February 2011, of 269 752 inhabitants. Census 2011 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 „WorldCityPopulation“„pop-stat.mashke.org“ The province's capital is the city of Pleven.
Naming The following Bulgarian terms may be used: Плевенска област (Plevenska oblast) Област Плевен (Oblast Pleven) Плевенски окръг (Plevenski okrag), obsolete Окръг Плевен (Okrag Pleven), obsolete
Geography The province is part of the central Danubian Plain. It is crossed from south to north by the rivers Iskar, Vit, and Osam (in west-east order); the river valleys are separated by limestone plateaus.
Municipalities
The Pleven province (област, oblast) contains 11 municipalities ( - plural: ). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population of each as of December 2009.
Municipality Cyrillic Pop. Town/Village 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
Demographics As of February 2011, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 266 144 of which are inhabitants aged over 60 years. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009
Ethnic groups
Total population (2011 census): 269,752 Population on 01.02.2011 by provinces, municipalities, settlements and age; National Statistical Institute
Ethnic groups (2011 census):Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute Identified themselves 240,265 persons: Bulgarians: 219,612 (91,40%) Romani: 9,961 (4,15%) Turks: 8,666 (3,61%) Others and indefinable: 2,026 (0,84%) A further 30,000 persons in Pleven Province did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
According to the 2001 census, the population of the province was 312,018, of which Bulgarians constitute an overwhelming majority of 280,475. 16,931 signed as Turks (though this number very likely also includes Muslim Roma) and 9,777 as Roma.
Languages According to the 2001 census 283,626 people specified Bulgarian as their mother tongue, 14,947 declared to speak Turkish at home, while the native speakers of Romani were 8,861.
Religion
Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census: Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001 Census 2001 religious adherence population % Orthodox Christians 275,11288.18% Muslims 15,6815.03% Roman Catholics 7,0652.26% Protestants 5480.18% Other 1,3010.42% Religion not mentioned 12,2783.93% total 311,985100%
See also Provinces of Bulgaria List of villages in Pleven Province
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