Ivanovo Municipality
| Ivanovo Municipality Община Иваново | |
|---|---|
| Municipality | |
 Ivanovo Municipality within Bulgaria and Ruse Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°41′N 25°57′E / 43.683°N 25.950°ECoordinates: 43°41′N 25°57′E / 43.683°N 25.950°E | |
| Country |
 Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Ruse |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Ivanovo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 495.45 km2 (191.29 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
| • Total | 10,339 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Ivanovo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Иваново) is a municipality (obshtina) in Ruse Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Ivanovo.
The municipality embraces a territory of 495.45 km² with a population of 10,339 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
The area is best known with the Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo which is an UNESCO World Heritage Site. Other important sights in the municipality include the medieval Bulgarian fortress of Cherven, which reached its apogee in the 13th and 14th centuries and features a well-preserved keep from the 14th century, and the Rusenski Lom atural park.
The population is predominantly Bulgarian (83.5%), with Turkish (9.4%), Romani (5.9%) and other minorities (1.2%, mostly Tatars in the village of Trastenik).[2]
The main road E85 crosses the area from south to north, connecting the province centre of Ruse with the cities of Veliko Tarnovo and respectively Pleven and Sofia.
Settlements
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Ivanovo Municipality includes the following 13 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[3][4][5] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Ivanovo | Иваново | 912 |
| Bozhichen | Божичен | 175 |
| Cherven | Червен | 283 |
| Koshov | Кошов | 356 |
| Krasen | Красен | 738 |
| Mechka | Мечка | 690 |
| Nisovo | Нисово | 129 |
| Pirgovo | Пиргово | 1,949 |
| Svalenik | Сваленик | 975 |
| Shtraklevo | Щръклево | 2,510 |
| Tabachka | Табачка | 132 |
| Trastenik | Тръстениик | 1,362 |
| Tserovets | Церовец | 128 |
| Total | 10,339 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Ivanovo Municipality has comprised the former municipality of Shtraklevo and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.
| Ivanovo Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 11,994 | 9,872 | 14,801 | 11,092 | 11,229 | 10,919 | 10,339 | ... |
| Sources: Census 2001,[6] Census 2011,[7] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[8] | ||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
- ↑ (Bulgarian) Ivanovo official web site
- ↑ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
- ↑ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ↑ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ↑ (English)National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ↑ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ↑ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
External links
- Ivanovo municipality website (Bulgarian)
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