Targovishte Municipality

Targovishte Municipality
Община Търговище
—  Municipality  —
Targovishte Municipality within Bulgaria and Targovishte Province.
Coordinates:
Country  Bulgaria
Province (Oblast) Targovishte
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) Targovishte
Area
 • Total 872 km2 (336.7 sq mi)
Population (December 2009)[1]
 • Total 60,497
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Targovishte Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Търговище) is a municipality (obshtina) in Targovishte Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the transition between the Danubian Plain and the area of the so called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the city of Targovishte which is also the capital of the province.

The municipality embraces a territory of 872 km² with a population of 60,497 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1] The Hemus motorway is planned to cross the area north of the main city.

Contents

Settlements

Targovishte
•
Omurtag


•
Popovo
•
Antonovo
•
Opaka
Targovishte Municipality within Targovishte Province

(towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[2][3][4]
(December 2009)
  • Targovishte - Търговище - 37,375
  • Alvanovo - Алваново - 182
  • Aleksandrovo - Александрово - 252
  • Bayachevo - Баячево - 860
  • Bistra - Бистра - 202
  • Bozhurka - Божурка - 301
  • Bratovo - Братово - 207
  • Buynovo - Буйново - 665
  • Buhovtsi - Буховци - 640
  • Cherkovna - Черковна - 671
  • Davidovo - Давидово - 461
  • Draganovets - Драгановец - 507
  • Dralfa - Дралфа - 617
  • Dalgach - Дългач - 518
  • Golyamo Novo - Голямо Ново - 1,241
  • Golyamo Sokolovo - Голямо Соколово - 475
  • Gorna Kabda - Горна Кабда - 69
  • Koprets - Копрец - 244
  • Koshnichari - Кошничари - 86
  • Kralevo - Кралево - 975
  • Krashno - Кръшно - 257
  • Lilyak - Лиляк - 1,167
  • Lovets - Ловец - 472
  • Makariopolsko - Макариополско - 728
  • Makovo - Маково - 298
  • Miladinovtsi - Миладиновци - 228
  • Mirovets - Мировец - 125
  • Momino - Момино - 285
  • Nadarevo - Надарево - 509
  • Ovcharovo - Овчарово - 682
  • Osen - Осен - 72
  • Ostrets - Острец - 428
  • Paydushko - Пайдушко - 239
  • Pevets - Певец - 176
  • Podgoritsa - Подгорица - 988
  • Preselets - Преселец - 377
  • Presiyan - Пресиян - 233
  • Presyak - Пресяк - 212
  • Probuda - Пробуда - 571
  • Prolaz - Пролаз - 99
  • Razboyna - Разбойна - 465
  • Ralitsa - Ралица - 292
  • Rosina - Росина - 336
  • Ruets - Руец - 1,077
  • Strazha - Стража - 771
  • Saedinenie - Съединение - 367
  • Tvardintsi - Твърдинци - 160
  • Tarnovtsa - Търновца - 347
  • Tsvetnitsa - Цветница - 103
  • Vardun - Вардун - 1,013
  • Vasil Levski - Васил Левски - 370
  • Zdravets - Здравец - 502

Demography


The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Targovishte Municipality has comprised the former municipalities of Dralfa and Makariopolsko and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.

Targovishte Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 62,069 66,502 70,355 60,890 62,188 61,458 60,497 ...
Sources: National Statistical Institute,[1] Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,??

See also


References

  1. ^ a b c (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
  2. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
  3. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
  4. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
  5. ^ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
  6. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“

External links

Municipalities of Targovishte Province