Dolni Dabnik Municipality

Dolni Dabnik Municipality
Община Долни Дъбник
Municipality
Dolni Dabnik Municipality within Bulgaria and Pleven Province.
Dolni Dabnik Municipality within Bulgaria and Pleven Province.
Coordinates: 43°24′N 24°26′E / 43.400°N 24.433°E / 43.400; 24.433
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Pleven
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Dolni Dabnik
Area
 • Total
310 km2 (120 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2009)[1]
 • Total
14,438
 • Density47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Dolni Dabnik Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Долни Дъбник) is a municipality (obshtina) in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Dolni Dabnik.

The municipality embraces a territory of 310 km2 (120 sq mi) with a population, as of December 2009, of 14,438 inhabitants.[1]

Settlements

(towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[2][3][4]
(December 2009)
Dolni Dabnik Долни Дъбник 4,761
Barkach Бъркач 760
Gorni Dabnik Горни Дъбник 1,914
Gradina Градина 842
Krushovitsa Крушовица 2,051
Petarnitsa Петърница 1,720
Sadovets Садовец 2,390
Total 14,438

Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.

Dolni Dabnik Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 21,653 18,644 17,377 15,701 15,137 14,810 14,438 ...
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7]

Religion

According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:

Religious composition of Dolni Dabnik Municipality [8]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 74.8%
Catholicism
 
 0.5%
Protestantism
 
 0.6%
Islam
 
 4.2%
No religion
 
 12.7%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 6.2%

See also

References

  1. ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
  4. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
  5. ^ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
  6. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  7. ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  8. ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.