Nikopol Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Bulgaria

The 28 provinces of Bulgaria are divided into 264 municipalities .-Blagoevgrad Province:# Bansko Municipality # Belitsa Municipality # Blagoevgrad Municipality...

 (obshtina) in the northern part of 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...

, in 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 is named after its administrative centre - the town of Nikopol

Nikopol, Bulgaria

Nikopol is a town in northern Bulgaria, the administrative center of Nikopol municipality, part of Pleven Province, on the right bank of the Danube river, 4 km downstream from the mouth of the Osam river. It spreads at the foot of steep chalk cliffs along the Danube and up a narrow valley...

. The municipality embraces a territory of 415.9 km² (160.6 sq mi) with a population, as of December 2009, of 10,602 inhabitants.

Its northern border is by the Danube River, bordering with Turnu Măgurele

Turnu Magurele

Turnu Măgurele is a city in Teleorman County, Romania . Developed nearby the site once occupied by the medieval port of Turnu, it is situated north-east of the confluence between the Olt River and the Danube....

 municipality of Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

. The municipality also borders with Belene Municapality on the East, Livski

Levski Municipality

Levski municipality is a municipality in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Levski....

 and Pordim

Pordim Municipality

Pordim Municipality is a municipality in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Pordim....

 municipalities on the South, Pleven municipality

Pleven Municipality

Pleven Municipality is a municipality in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the city of Pleven which is also the capital of the Province....

 on the Southwest and Gulyantsi Municipality

Gulyantsi Municipality

Gulyantsi Municipality is a municipality in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river, by the border with Romania. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Gulyantsi...

 on the West.

Besides the Danube, which defines the hydrography

Hydrography

Hydrography is the measurement of the depths, the tides and currents of a body of water and establishment of the sea, river or lake bed topography and morphology. Normally and historically for the purpose of charting a body of water for the safe navigation of shipping...

 of the area, the Osam

Osam

The Osam is a river in northern Bulgaria. Its drainage basin is in between that of the river Vit to the west and the Yantra system to the east. The river has two main tributaries in its upper course: the Black Osam takes its source from the foot of Levski Peak in the Balkan Mountains, at an...

 river and some minor rivers flow within the municipality.

There are plans to develop common cultural tourism program that encompass the Nikopol and Turnu Măgurele municipalities. Unlike Turnu Măgurele, Nikopol municipality has poorly developed tourism infrastructure.

Settlements

(towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village	Cyrillic	Population (December 2009)
Nikopol Nikopol, Bulgaria Nikopol is a town in northern Bulgaria, the administrative center of Nikopol municipality, part of Pleven Province, on the right bank of the Danube river, 4 km downstream from the mouth of the Osam river. It spreads at the foot of steep chalk cliffs along the Danube and up a narrow valley...	Никопол	3,892
Asenovo Asenovo, Pleven Province Asenovo is a village in northern Bulgaria, part of Nikopol municipality, Pleven Province. It was founded in 1892 by Roman Catholic 203 households of Banat Bulgarians returning to Bulgaria from the Banat...	Асеново	325
Batsova mahala	Бацова махала	493
Vabel	Въбел	809
Debovo	Дебово	625
Dragash voyvoda	Драгаш войвода	632
Evlogievo	Евлогиево	115
Zhernov	Жернов	133
Lozitsa	Лозица	339
Lyubenovo	Любеново	221
Muselievo	Муселиево	851
Novachene	Новачене	1,298
Sanadinovo	Санадиново	393
Cherkovitsa	Черковица	476
Total		10,602

Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.

See also

• Provinces of Bulgaria
  Provinces of Bulgaria
  Since 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 Bulgaria
  Municipalities of Bulgaria
  The 28 provinces of Bulgaria are divided into 264 municipalities .-Blagoevgrad Province:# Bansko Municipality # Belitsa Municipality # Blagoevgrad Municipality...
  
  
• List of cities and towns in Bulgaria