Summary
Slivo Pole Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Сливо поле) is a municipality (obshtina) in Ruse Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Slivo Pole.
Slivo Pole Municipality
Община Сливо поле | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Slivo Pole Municipality within Bulgaria and Ruse Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°56′N 26°15′E / 43.933°N 26.250°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Ruse |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Slivo Pole |
| Area | |
| • Total | 276 km2 (107 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
| • Total | 11,635 |
| • Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The municipality embraces a territory of 276 km2 with a population of 11,635 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
The main road II-21 crosses the area from west to east, connecting the province centre of Ruse with the city of Silistra.
Settlements edit
Slivo Pole Municipality includes the following 11 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Slivo Pole | Сливо поле | 3,169 |
| Babovo | Бабово | 521 |
| Borisovo | Борисово | 787 |
| Brashlen | Бръшлен | 354 |
| Chereshovo | Черешово | 190 |
| Golyamo Vranovo | Голямо Враново | 1,688 |
| Kosharna | Кошарна | 626 |
| Malko Vranovo | Малко Враново | 984 |
| Ryahovo | Ряхово | 1,715 |
| Stambolovo | Стамболово | 697 |
| Yudelnik | Юделник | 904 |
| Total | 11,635 |
Demography edit
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Slivo Pole Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 19,873 | 18,121 | 14,658 | 12,912 | 12,381 | 12,087 | 11,635 | ... |
| Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7] | ||||||||
Religion edit
According 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 edit
References edit
- ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
- ^ (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 English)