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Pleven Oblast
Област Плевен
Oblast (Province)
Historical Museum of Pleven
Historical Museum of Pleven
Pleven Province location map
Country Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria
Capital City Pleven
Obshtinas (Communes) Belene, Gulyantsi, Dolna Mitropoliya, Dolni Dabnik, Levski, Nikopol, Iskar, Pleven, Pordim, Cherven Bryag, Knezha
Government
 • Governor Tsvetko Tsvetkov
Area
 • Total
6,103 km2 (2,356 sq mi)

Blank Map Pleven Province

Capital city marker
Pleven


Cherven Bryag


Levski


Nikopol


Knezha


Belene


Dolna Mitropoliya


Pordim


Gulyantsi


Dolni Dabnik


Iskar


Obshtinas within Pleven Oblast with their main towns


Pleven Oblast (Province) (Bulgarian: Област Плевен or Plevenska Oblast Bulgarian: Плевенска Област, former name Pleven okrug) is a province located in central northern Bulgaria, bordering the Danube river, Romania and the Bulgarian Oblasts of Vratsa, Veliko Tarnovo and Lovech. It is divided into 11 subdivisions, called municipalities, that embrace a territory of 4,333.54 km² with a population, as of February 2011, of 266 144 inhabitants. [1][2][3][4] The province's capital is the city of Pleven.

Naming[]

The following Bulgarian terms may be used:

  • Плевенска област (Plevenska oblast)
  • Област Плевен (Oblast Pleven)
  • Плевенски окръг (Plevenski okrag), obsolete
  • Окръг Плевен (Okrag Pleven), obsolete

Geography[]

The province is part of the central Danubian Plain. It is crossed from south to north by the rivers Iskar, Vit and Osam (in west-east order); the river valleys are separated by limestone plateaus.

Obshtinas[]

Pleven Oblast (oбласт, oblast) contains 11 obshtinas (communes) (Bulgarian: singular: oбщина, obshtina - plural: oбщини, obshtini). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population of each as of December 2009.

Obshtina (Commune) Cyrillic Pop.[2][3][4] Town/Village Pop.[5][3][6]
Belene Белене 10,908 Belene 8,905
Gulyantsi Гулянци 13,561 Gulyantsi 3,432
Dolna Mitropoliya Долна Митрополия 21,304 Dolna Mitropoliya 3,303
Dolni Dabnik Долни Дъбник 14,438 Dolni Dabnik 4,761
Levski Левски 21,487 Levski 10,571
Nikopol Никопол 10,602 Nikopol 3,892
Iskar Искър 7,717 Iskar 3,622
Pleven Плевен 138,095 Pleven 111,426
Pordim Пордим 7,114 Pordim 2,117
Cherven Bryag Червен бряг 30,524 Cherven Bryag 13,856
Knezha Кнежа 14,839 Knezha 11,191

Demography[]

According to the 2001 census, the population of the province was 311,985 (312,018 also given) of which Bulgarians constitute an overwhelming majority of 280,475. 16,931 signed as Turks (though this number very likely also includes many Roma) and 9,777 as Roma. 283,626 people specified Bulgarian as their mother tongue, 14,947 declared to speak Turkish at home, while the native speakers of Roma are 8,861.

As of February 2011, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 266 144 [1] of which 28.4% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.[7]

The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:

Pleven Oblast
Year 1946 1956 1965 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 347,299 358,270 366,347 394,734 382,634 365,254 311,985 305,025 297,928 290,589 266 144
Sources: National Statistical Institute,[2] „Census 2001“,[3] „Census 2011“,[1] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[4]

Religion[]

Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:[8]

Census 2001
religious adherence population %
Orthodox Christians 275,112 88.18%
Muslims 15,681 5.03%
Roman Catholics 7,065 2.26%
Protestants 548 0.18%
Other 1,301 0.42%
Religion not mentioned 12,278 3.93%
total 311,985 100%

See also[]

References[]

External links[]

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