Polski Trambesh Municipality

Polski Trambesh Municipality
Община Полски Тръмбеш
Municipality
Polski Trambesh Municipality within Bulgaria and Veliko Tarnovo Province.
Polski Trambesh Municipality within Bulgaria and Veliko Tarnovo Province.
Coordinates: 43°20′N 25°36′E / 43.333°N 25.600°E / 43.333; 25.600
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Veliko Tarnovo
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Polski Trambesh
Area
 • Total
463.66 km2 (179.02 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2009)[1]
 • Total
15,309
 • Density33/km2 (86/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Polski Trambesh Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Полски Тръмбеш) is a municipality (obshtina) in Veliko Tarnovo Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Polski Trambesh.

The municipality embraces a territory of 463.66 km2 (179.02 sq mi) with a population of 15,309 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]

The main road E85 crosses the area centrally, from south to north, connecting the province centre of Veliko Tarnovo with the city of Ruse.

Settlements

Polski Trambesh Municipality includes the following 15 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[2][3][4]
(December 2009)
Polski Trambesh Полски Тръмбеш 4,546
Ivancha Иванча 465
Karantsi Каранци 318
Kutsina Куцина 709
Klimentovo Климентово 857
Maslarevo Масларево 681
Obedinenie Обединение 834
Orlovets Орловец 557
Pavel Павел 834
Polski Senovets Полски Сеновец 770
Petko Karavelovo Петко Каравелово 1,677
Radanovo Раданово 1,686
Stefan Stambolovo Стефан Стамболово 261
Strahilovo Страхилово 942
Varzulitsa Вързулица 172
Total 15,309

Demography

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

Polski Trambesh Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 29,663 25,352 21,150 18,678 16,755 16,002 15,309 14,451
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7]

Bulgarians form a majority in 14 out of 15 settlements. One village, Petko Karavelovo, has a Turkish majority with 58,7% of its population belonging to the Turkish minority in Bulgaria. The village of Radanovo has the largest Roma population in the municipality of Polski Trambesh, with 367 out of 508 Roma living in the village of Radanovo. Roma make up 29,0% of the population of the village of Radanovo.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
  2. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
  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.