Slivo Pole Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Сливо поле) is a municipality (obshtina) in Ruse Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Slivo Pole.
Slivo Pole Municipality
Община Сливо поле | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Slivo Pole Municipality within Bulgaria and Ruse Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°56′N 26°15′E / 43.933°N 26.250°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Ruse |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Slivo Pole |
| Area | |
• Total | 276 km2 (107 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 11,635 |
| • Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The municipality embraces a territory of 276 km2 with a population of 11,635 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
The main road II-21 crosses the area from west to east, connecting the province centre of Ruse with the city of Silistra.
Settlements
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Slivo Pole Municipality includes the following 11 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Slivo Pole | Сливо поле | 3,169 |
| Babovo | Бабово | 521 |
| Borisovo | Борисово | 787 |
| Brashlen | Бръшлен | 354 |
| Chereshovo | Черешово | 190 |
| Golyamo Vranovo | Голямо Враново | 1,688 |
| Kosharna | Кошарна | 626 |
| Malko Vranovo | Малко Враново | 984 |
| Ryahovo | Ряхово | 1,715 |
| Stambolovo | Стамболово | 697 |
| Yudelnik | Юделник | 904 |
| Total | 11,635 |
Demography
editThe following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Slivo Pole Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 19,873 | 18,121 | 14,658 | 12,912 | 12,381 | 12,087 | 11,635 | ... |
| 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
- ^ (in English)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 English)