Zavet Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Завет) is a municipality (obshtina) in Razgrad Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Ludogorie geographical region part of the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Zavet.
Zavet Municipality
Община Завет | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Zavet Municipality within Bulgaria and Razgrad Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°46′N 26°38′E / 43.767°N 26.633°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Razgrad |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Zavet |
| Area | |
• Total | 273.88 km2 (105.75 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 11,338 |
| • Density | 41/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The municipality embraces a territory of 273.88 km2 (105.75 sq mi) with a population of 11,338 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
Settlements
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Kubrat
Isperih
Loznitsa
Tsar Kaloyan
Samuil
Zavet Municipality includes the following 7 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Zavet | Завет | 3,371 |
| Brestovene | Брестовене | 2,874 |
| Ivan Shishmanovo | Иван Шишманово | 445 |
| Ostrovo | Острово | 2,229 |
| Prelez | Прелез | 760 |
| Sushevo | Сушево | 669 |
| Veselets | Веселец | 990 |
| Total | 11,338 |
Demography
editThe following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Zavet Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 12,672 | 11,484 | 13,637 | 12,333 | 11,943 | 11,665 | 11,338 | ... |
| 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 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (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 Bulgarian)