Lukovit Municipality
Lukovit Municipality
Община Луковит | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Lukovit Municipality within Bulgaria and Lovech Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°10′N 24°10′E / 43.167°N 24.167°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Lovech |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Lukovit |
| Area | |
• Total | 454.22 km2 (175.38 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 19,469 |
| • Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Lukovit Municipality (Template:Lang-bg) is a municipality (obshtina) in Lovech Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located from the Fore-Balkan area to the southern parts of Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Lukovit.
The municipality embraces a territory of 454.22 km² with a population of 19,469 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
The west operating part of Hemus motorway is planned to continue through the area linking the province centre Lovech.
Settlements
Template:Lukovit Municipality Labelled Map
Lukovit Municipality includes the following 12 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Lukovit | Луковит | 9,630 |
| Aglen | Ъглен | 836 |
| Bezhanovo | Бежаново | 1,497 |
| Belentsi | Беленци | 448 |
| Dermantsi | Дерманци | 2,348 |
| Daben | Дъбен | 149 |
| Karlukovo | Карлуково | 782 |
| Petrevene | Петревене | 690 |
| Peshterna | Пещерна | 148 |
| Rumyantsevo | Румянцево | 823 |
| Todorichene | Тодоричене | 499 |
| Toros | Торос | 1,619 |
| Total | 19,469 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Lukovit Municipality has comprised the former municipality of Dermantsi and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.
| Lukovit Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 16,973 | 15,631 | 23,783 | 21,466 | 20,371 | 19,934 | 19,469 | ... |
| 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:
See also
References
- ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
- ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
External links
- Official website (in Bulgarian)