Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality
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Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality is a municipality
(obshtina) in Veliko Tarnovo Province
, Central-North Bulgaria
. It covers an area of 318 km² with a total population of 48,695 people (as of 2009-12-31). The administrative centre
of the municipality is the town
of Gorna Oryahovitsa
, which is situated at the foot of Arbanashka Mountain, along the Yantra River
.
The place names in bold have the status of town
(in Bulgarian: град, transliterated as grad). Other localities have the status of village
(in Bulgarian: село, transliterated as selo). The names of localities are transliterated in Latin alphabet
, followed in parentheses by the original name in Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet
(which links to the corresponding Bulgarian Wikipedia article).
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 Veliko Tarnovo Province
Veliko Tarnovo Province
Veliko Tarnovo is a province in the middle of the northern part of Bulgaria. Its capital city, Veliko Tarnovo, is of historical significance as it is known as the capital of Medieval Bulgaria...
, Central-North 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 covers an area of 318 km² with a total population of 48,695 people (as of 2009-12-31). The administrative centre
Administrative centre
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of the municipality is the town
Town
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of Gorna Oryahovitsa
Gorna Oryahovitsa
Gorna Oryahovitsa is a town in northern Bulgaria, situated in Veliko Tarnovo Province, not far from the city of Veliko Tarnovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality...
, which is situated at the foot of Arbanashka Mountain, along the Yantra River
Yantra River
The Yantra is a river in northern Bulgaria, a right tributary of the Danube. It is 285 km long and has a watershed of 7,862 km²....
.
Settlements
The municipality has 14 settlements (2 towns and 12 villages).The place names in bold have the status of town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
(in Bulgarian: град, transliterated as grad). Other localities have the status of village
Village
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(in Bulgarian: село, transliterated as selo). The names of localities are transliterated in Latin alphabet
Latin alphabet
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, followed in parentheses by the original name in Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet
Cyrillic alphabet
The Cyrillic script or azbuka is an alphabetic writing system developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century AD at the Preslav Literary School...
(which links to the corresponding Bulgarian Wikipedia article).
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Dolna Oryahovitsa Dolna Oryahovitsa Dolna Oryahovitsa is a town in northern Bulgaria, part of Gorna Oryahovitsa municipality, Veliko Tarnovo Province.... |
Долна Оряховица | 3,027 |
| Draganovo | Драганово | 2,730 |
| Gorna Oryahovitsa Gorna Oryahovitsa Gorna Oryahovitsa is a town in northern Bulgaria, situated in Veliko Tarnovo Province, not far from the city of Veliko Tarnovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality... |
Горна Оряховица | 32,436 |
| Gorski Dolen Trambesh | Горски Долен Тръмбеш | 381 |
| Gorski Goren Trambesh | Горски Горен Тръмбеш | 202 |
| Krusheto | Крушето | 947 |
| Paisiy | Паисий | 197 |
| Parvomaytsi | Първомайци | 2,829 |
| Pisarevo | Писарево | 1,079 |
| Polikraishte Polikraishte Polikraishte is a village in northern Bulgaria, located in the Gorna Oryahovitsa municipality of the Veliko Tarnovo Province .... |
Поликрайще | 2,029 |
| Pravda | Правда | 637 |
| Strelets | Стрелец | 379 |
| Varbitsa | Върбица | 1,186 |
| Yantra | Янтра | 636 |
| Total | 48,695 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.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