Knezha Municipality

Knezha Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Кнежа) is a municipality (obshtina) in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Knezha.

Knezha Municipality
Община Кнежа
Municipality
Knezha Municipality within Bulgaria and Pleven Province.
Knezha Municipality within Bulgaria and Pleven Province.
Coordinates: 43°28′N 24°8′E
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Pleven
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Knezha
Area
  Total317.83 km2 (122.71 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2009)[1]
  Total14,839
  Density47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

The municipality embraces a territory of 317.83 km2 with a population, as of December 2009, of 14,839 inhabitants.[1]

Settlements

(towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[2][3][4]
(December 2009)
Knezha Кнежа 11,191
Brenitsa Бреница 2,039
Enitsa Еница 1,098
Lazarovo Лазарово 511
Total 14,839

Demography

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

Knezha Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 22,031 20,329 18,640 17,079 15,932 15,372 14,839 ...
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7]

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 Knezha Municipality [8]
Orthodox Christianity
79.8%
Catholicism
0.9%
Protestantism
0.6%
Islam
0.5%
No religion
9.9%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
8.4%

See also

References

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