Loznitsa Municipality
Encyclopedia
Loznitsa Municipality is a municipality
(obshtina) in Razgrad Province
, Northeastern Bulgaria
, located in the Danubian Plain
. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Loznitsa
.
The municipality embraces a territory of 249.48 km² with a population of 9,732 inhabitants, as of December 2009.
The area contains the Beli Lom Reservoir, developed along the river of the same name. The main road II-49 crosses the municipality from north to south connecting the province centre of Razgrad with the city of Targovishte and respectevly the Danube Bridge with the Kotel pass
in the eastern Stara planina mountain.
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 Razgrad Province
Razgrad Province
Razgrad Province , former name Razgrad okrug) is a province in Northeastern Bulgaria, geographically part of the Ludogorie region. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre - the town of Razgrad...
, Northeastern 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...
, located in the Danubian Plain
Danubian Plain (Bulgaria)
The Danubian Plain constitutes the northern part of Bulgaria, situated north of the Balkan Mountains and south of the Danube. Its western border is the Timok River and to the east it borders the Black Sea. The plain has an area of . It is about long and wide.The relief of the Danubian Plain is...
. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Loznitsa
Loznitsa
Loznitsa is a small town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Razgrad Province, located in the geographic region of Ludogorie. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Loznitsa Municipality, which lies in the southernmost part of the Province...
.
The municipality embraces a territory of 249.48 km² with a population of 9,732 inhabitants, as of December 2009.
The area contains the Beli Lom Reservoir, developed along the river of the same name. The main road II-49 crosses the municipality from north to south connecting the province centre of Razgrad with the city of Targovishte and respectevly the Danube Bridge with the Kotel pass
Kotel Pass
Kotel Pass is a mountain pass in the Balkan Mountains in Bulgaria. It connects the Kotel and Petolachka crossroads.The pass is on one of the main routes connecting northern and southern Bulgaria.-References:*...
in the eastern Stara planina mountain.
Settlements
Loznitsa Municipality includes the following 16 places (towns are shown in bold):| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Loznitsa Loznitsa Loznitsa is a small town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Razgrad Province, located in the geographic region of Ludogorie. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Loznitsa Municipality, which lies in the southernmost part of the Province... |
Лозница | 2,409 |
| Beli Lom | Бели Лом | 751 |
| Chudomir | Чудомир | 375 |
| Gorotsvet | Гороцвет | 412 |
| Gradina | Градина | 318 |
| Kamenar | Каменар | 587 |
| Kroyach | Крояч | 143 |
| Lovsko | Ловско | 700 |
| Manastirsko | Манастирско | 166 |
| Manastirtsi | Манастирци | 301 |
| Seydol | Сейдол | 505 |
| Sinya Voda | Синя вода | 878 |
| Studenets | Студенец | 488 |
| Trapishte | Трапище | 589 |
| Trabach | Тръбач | 188 |
| Veselina | Веселина | 922 |
| Total | 9,732 |
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