Ugarchin Municipality

Ugarchin Municipality
Община Угърчин
Municipality
Ugarchin Municipality within Bulgaria and Lovech Province.
Ugarchin Municipality within Bulgaria and Lovech Province.
Coordinates: 43°06′N 24°25′E / 43.100°N 24.417°E / 43.100; 24.417
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Lovech
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Ugarchin
Area
 • Total
523.10 km2 (201.97 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2009[1])
 • Total
7,181
 • Density14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Ugarchin Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Угърчин) is a municipality (obshtina) in Lovech Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located from the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan to the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Ugarchin.

The municipality embraces a territory of 523.10 km2 (201.97 sq mi) with a population of 7,181 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]

Settlements

  1. Dragana (Драгана)
  2. Golets (Голец)
  3. Kalenik (Каленик)
  4. Katunets (Катунец)
  5. Kirchevo (Кирчево)
  6. Lesidren (Лесидрен)
  7. Mikre (Микре)
  8. Orlyane (Орляне)
  9. Slavshtitsa (Славщица)
  10. Sopot (Сопот)
  11. Ugarchin (Угърчин)
Ugarchin municipality hall

Demography

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

Ugarchin Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 15,430 12,404 10,816 8,561 7,869 7,544 7,181 ...
Sources: Census 2001,[2] Census 2011,[3] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[4]

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 Ugarchin Municipality [5]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 68.3%
Catholicism
 
 0.8%
Protestantism
 
 0.0%
Islam
 
 1.5%
No religion
 
 20.6%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 8.8%

See also

References

  1. ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
  2. ^ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
  3. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  4. ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  5. ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.