Cherven Bryag Municipality

Cherven Bryag Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Червен бряг) is a municipality (obshtina) in Pleven Province, northwestern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Cherven Bryag.[2] With a population of 30,524, as of December 2009,[1] it is the second largest municipality in the province.[3]

Cherven Bryag Municipality
Община Червен бряг
Municipality
Cherven Bryag Municipality within Bulgaria and Pleven Province.
Cherven Bryag Municipality within Bulgaria and Pleven Province.
Coordinates: 43°17′N 24°9′E
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Pleven
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Cherven Bryag
Area
 • Total584 km2 (225 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2009)[1]
 • Total30,524
 • Density52/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

The municipality is located by the right side of the Iskar River, close to the inlet of Zlatna Panega River. It has area of 584 km2 (225 sq mi).[2]

It borders with Lukovit, Roman, Dolni Dabnik, Iskar, Knezha and Byala Slatina municipalities. The Sofia - Rousse highway and Sofia-Varna railroad pass through municipality.[3]

The municipality has 37 protected areas, including Kuklite ("The Dolls") rock formations on the lands of Resselets village; Kaleto tectonic ridge on the lands of Reselets village; Skoka waterfall on the lands of Reselets; Haydoushka cave near Deventsi; Sedlarkata Rock Bridge on the lands of Rakita; Neolithic settlements near Telish, Thracian settlements in Chomakovtsi, Roman cites near Resselets and Chomakovtsi.[3]

Settlements
SettlementCyrillicPostal code[3]StatusPopulation[4][5][6]
(December 2009)
BresteБресте5992village440
GlavaГлава5985village1,397
GornikГорник5991village1,250
DeventsiДевенци5995village775
KoynareКойнаре5986town4,464
LepitsaЛепица5987village458
RadomirtsiРадомирци5997village1,523
RakitaРакита5998village938
ReseletsРеселец5993village1,061
RuptsiРупци5994village1,237
SuhacheСухаче5988village751
TelishТелиш5990village1,166
Cherven BryagЧервен бряг5980town,
capital		13,856
ChomakovtsiЧомаковци5989village1208
total 30,524

Demography

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

Cherven Bryag Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 45,044 43,088 40,876 35,562 32,157 31,281 30,524 ...
Sources: Census 2001,[7] Census 2011,[8] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[9]

Religion

According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:

Religious composition of Cherven Bryag Municipality [10]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 79.7%
Catholicism
 
 0.6%
Protestantism
 
 1.4%
Islam
 
 0.6%
No religion
 
 9.3%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 8.4%

See also

References
  1. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Official website of Cherven Bryag municipality (in Bulgarian)
  3. "Municipality Cherven bryag"
  4. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  5. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
  6. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
  7. National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
  8. „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  9. "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  10. "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
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