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Pordim Municipality

Coordinates: 43°22′N 24°55′E / 43.367°N 24.917°E / 43.367; 24.917
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Pordim Municipality
Община Пордим
Municipality
Pordim Municipality within Bulgaria and Pleven Province.
Pordim Municipality within Bulgaria and Pleven Province.
Coordinates: 43°22′N 24°55′E / 43.367°N 24.917°E / 43.367; 24.917
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Pleven
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Pordim
Area
 • Total255 km2 (98 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2009)[1]
 • Total7,114
 • Density28/km2 (72/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

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

The municipality embraces a territory of 255 km2 (98 sq mi) with a population, as of December 2009, of 7,114 inhabitants.[1]

Settlements

(towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[2][3][4]
(December 2009)
Pordim Пордим 2,117
Borislav Борислав 278
Valchitran Вълчитрън 1,102
Zgalevo Згалево 682
Kamenets Каменец 972
Kateritsa Катерица 91
Odarne Одърне 1,057
Totleben Тотлебен 815
Total 7,114

Demography

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

Pordim Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 13,041 10,480 9,607 8,179 7,654 7,420 7,114 ...
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 Pordim Municipality [8]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 83.7%
Catholicism
 
 0.5%
Protestantism
 
 0.0%
Islam
 
 2.4%
No religion
 
 9.5%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 3.9%

See also

References

  1. ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
  2. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
  3. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
  4. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
  5. ^ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
  6. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  7. ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  8. ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
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