Dolna Mitropoliya Municipality
Encyclopedia
Dolna Mitropoliya Municipality is a municipality
(obshtina) in Pleven Province
, Northern Bulgaria
. It embraces a territory of 674.81 km² with a population, as of December 2009, of 21,304 inhabitants. The administrative centre of the area is the homonymous town of Dolna Mitropoliya
.
The northern boundary of the municipality is the Danube
River, and the 10,926 hectare Natura 2000
Reka Vit Special Protection Area
for preservation of avian habitat is located there.
and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
(obshtina) in Pleven Province
Pleven Province
Pleven Province is a province located in central northern Bulgaria, bordering the Danube river, Romania and the Bulgarian provinces 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...
, Northern Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
. It embraces a territory of 674.81 km² with a population, as of December 2009, of 21,304 inhabitants. The administrative centre of the area is the homonymous town of Dolna Mitropoliya
Dolna Mitropoliya
Dolna Mitropoliya is a town in Pleven Province of northern Bulgaria, the administrative center of Dolna Mitropoliya municipality. It is about 10 km northwest of the city of Pleven. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 3,303 inhabitants....
.
The northern boundary of the municipality is the Danube
Danube
The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....
River, and the 10,926 hectare Natura 2000
Natura 2000
Natura 2000 is an ecological network of protected areas in the territory of the European Union.-Origins:In May 1992, the governments of the European Communities adopted legislation designed to protect the most seriously threatened habitats and species across Europe. This legislation is called the...
Reka Vit Special Protection Area
Special Protection Area
A Special Protection Area or SPA is a designation under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.Under the Directive, Member States of the European Union have a duty to safeguard the habitats of migratory birds and certain particularly threatened birds.Together with Special...
for preservation of avian habitat is located there.
Settlements
(towns are shown in bold):| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Dolna Mitropoliya Dolna Mitropoliya Dolna Mitropoliya is a town in Pleven Province of northern Bulgaria, the administrative center of Dolna Mitropoliya municipality. It is about 10 km northwest of the city of Pleven. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 3,303 inhabitants.... |
Долна Митрополия | 3,303 |
| Baykal | Байкал | 562 |
| Bivolare | Биволаре | 627 |
| Bozhuritsa | Божурица | 1,102 |
| Bregare Bregare Bregare is a village in central northern Bulgaria, part of Dolna Mitropoliya municipality, Pleven Province. Bregare lies on the left bank of the Iskar River, from its mouth in the Danube, at an elevation of around... |
Брегаре | 637 |
| Gorna Mitropoliya | Горна Митрополия | 1,827 |
| Gostilya Gostilya Gostilya is a village in central northern Bulgaria, located in Dolna Mitropoliya municipality, Pleven Province. It was founded in 1890 by 133 families of Roman Catholic Banat Bulgarians from Stár Bišnov and Ivanovo in what was then Austria-Hungary... |
Гостиля | 279 |
| Komarevo | Комарево | 1,224 |
| Krushovene | Крушовене | 1,054 |
| Orehovitsa | Ореховица | 1,440 |
| Pobeda | Победа | 517 |
| Podem PODEM PODEM is a centre-left political party in the Republic of Macedonia. It was founded on 12 July 2008 by former members of the New Social Democratic Party.... |
Подем | 1,023 |
| Riben | Рибен | 769 |
| Slavovitsa | Славовица | 573 |
| Stavertsi | Ставерци | 1,848 |
| Trastenik Trastenik Trastenik is a town in central northern Bulgaria, part of Dolna Mitropoliya municipality, Pleven Province. It lies 18 kilometres northwest of Pleven and 30 kilometres south of the Danube, between the Vit and Iskar rivers.... |
Тръстеник | 4,519 |
| Total | 21,304 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Dolna Mitropoliya Municipality has comprised the former municipality of PodemPODEM
PODEM is a centre-left political party in the Republic of Macedonia. It was founded on 12 July 2008 by former members of the New Social Democratic Party....
and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.
See also
- Provinces of BulgariaProvinces of BulgariaSince 1999, Bulgaria has been divided into 28 provinces which correspond approximately to the 28 districts that existed before 1987. In 1987, during the Communist regime of Todor Zhivkov, the districts were consolidated into nine larger provinces , which survived until 1999.Each province is named...
- Municipalities of BulgariaMunicipalities of BulgariaThe 28 provinces of Bulgaria are divided into 264 municipalities .-Blagoevgrad Province:# Bansko Municipality # Belitsa Municipality # Blagoevgrad Municipality...
- List of cities and towns in Bulgaria