General Toshevo Municipality

General Toshevo Municipality
Община Генерал Тошево
Municipality
General Toshevo Municipality within Bulgaria and Dobrich Province.
General Toshevo Municipality within Bulgaria and Dobrich Province.
Coordinates: 43°43′N 28°4′E / 43.717°N 28.067°E / 43.717; 28.067
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Dobrich
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)General Toshevo
Area
 • Total
982.24 km2 (379.24 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2009)[1]
 • Total
16,714
 • Density17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

General Toshevo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Генерал Тошево) is a municipality (obshtina) in Dobrich Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in Southern Dobruja geographical region, bounded by Romania to the north. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of General Toshevo.

The municipality embraces a territory of 982.24 km2 (379.24 sq mi) with a population of 16,714 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]

The main road E675 crosses the municipality centrally, connecting the province centre of Dobrich with the Romanian port of Constanța.

Settlements

General Toshevo Municipality includes the following 42 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[2][3][4]
(December 2009)
General Toshevo Генерал Тошево 7,130
Aleksandar Stamboliyski Александър Стамболийски 36
Balkantsi Балканци 106
Bezhanovo Бежаново 129
Chernookovo Чернооково 306
Dabovik Дъбовик 219
Goritsa Горица 120
Gradini Градини 71
Izvorovo Изворово 300
Kalina Калина 92
Kardam Кардам 1051
Konare Конаре 52
Kraishte Краище 30
Krasen Красен 312
Kapinovo Къпиново 240
Loznitsa Лозница 44
Lyulyakovo Люляково 578
Malina Малина 241
Ograzhden Огражден 10
Petleshkovo Петлешково 283
Pisarovo Писарово 91
Plenimir Пленимир 92
Preselentsi Преселенци 326
Prisad Присад 370
Pchelarovo Пчеларово 609
Ravnets Равнец 273
Rogozina Рогозина 167
Rosen Росен 112
Rositsa Росица 440
Sirakovo Сираково 95
Snop Сноп 143
Snyagovo Снягово 210
Spasovo Спасово 950
Sredina Средина 89
Sarnino Сърнино 82
Uzovo Узово 34
Vasilevo Василево 415
Velikovo Великово 64
Vichovo Вичово 43
Yovkovo Йовково 324
Zograf Зограф 160
Zhiten Житен 275
Total 16,714

Demography

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

General Toshevo Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 31,264 26,187 22,931 19,422 18,227 17,560 16,714 ...
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 General Toshevo Municipality [8]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 71.7%
Catholicism
 
 0.5%
Protestantism
 
 0.7%
Islam
 
 14.6%
No religion
 
 4.3%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 8.2%

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.