Pleven Province

Pleven Province (Template:Langx or Плевенска Област) is a province located in central northern Bulgaria, bordering the Danube river, Romania and the Bulgarian provinces of Vratsa, Veliko Tarnovo and Lovech. It is divided into 11 subdivisions, called municipalities, that embrace a territory of Template:Cvt with a population, as of February 2011, of 269 752 inhabitants.<ref name="population2011">Template:In lang Census 2011 Template:Webarchive</ref><ref name="divisions">Template:In lang Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009</ref><ref name="population">Template:In lang „WorldCityPopulation“</ref><ref name="pop-stat-divisions">„pop-stat.mashke.org“</ref> The province's capital is the city of Pleven.

Naming

The following Bulgarian terms may be used:

• Плевенска област (Plevenska oblast)
• Област Плевен (Oblast Pleven)
• Плевенски окръг (Plevenski okrag), obsolete
• Окръг Плевен (Okrag Pleven), obsolete

Geography

The province is part of the central Danubian Plain. It is crossed from south to north by the rivers Iskar, Vit, and Osam (in west-east order); the river valleys are separated by limestone plateaus. Template:Further

Municipalities

The Pleven province (област, oblast) contains 11 municipalities (Template:Langx - plural: Template:Langx). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population of each as of December 2009.

Municipality	Cyrillic	Pop.<ref name="divisions"/><ref name="population"/><ref name="pop-stat-divisions"/>	Town/Village	Pop.<ref name="population"/><ref name="statistika">Template:In lang Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009</ref><ref name="pop-stat">„pop-stat.mashke.org“</ref>
Belene	Белене	10,908	Belene	8,905
Gulyantsi	Гулянци	13,561	Gulyantsi	3,432
Dolna Mitropoliya	Долна Митрополия	21,304	Dolna Mitropoliya	3,303
Dolni Dabnik	Долни Дъбник	14,438	Dolni Dabnik	4,761
Levski	Левски	21,487	Levski	10,571
Nikopol	Никопол	10,602	Nikopol	3,892
Iskar	Искър	7,717	Iskar	3,622
Pleven	Плевен	138,095	Pleven	111,426
Pordim	Пордим	7,114	Pordim	2,117
Cherven Bryag	Червен бряг	30,524	Cherven Bryag	13,856
Knezha	Кнежа	14,839	Knezha	11,191

Demographics

Template:Historical populationsAs of February 2011, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 266 144 <ref name="population2011" /> of which Template:Pct are inhabitants aged over 60 years.<ref name="NSI age">Template:In lang Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009 Template:Webarchive</ref>

Ethnic groups

Template:Bar box Total population (2011 census): 269,752 <ref>Template:In lang Population on 01.02.2011 by provinces, municipalities, settlements and age; National Statistical Institute</ref>

Ethnic groups (2011 census):<ref>Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute Template:In lang</ref> Identified themselves 240,265 persons:

• Bulgarians: 219,612 (91,40%)
• Romani: 9,961 (4,15%)
• Turks: 8,666 (3,61%)
• Others and indefinable: 2,026 (0,84%)

A further 30,000 persons in Pleven Province did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

According to the 2001 census, the population of the province was 312,018, of which Bulgarians constitute an overwhelming majority of 280,475. 16,931 signed as Turks (though this number very likely also includes Muslim RomaTemplate:Citation needed) and 9,777 as Roma.

Languages

According to the 2001 census 283,626 people specified Bulgarian as their mother tongue, 14,947 declared to speak Turkish at home, while the native speakers of Romani were 8,861.

Religion

Template:Bar box Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:<ref>Template:In lang Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001 Template:Webarchive</ref>

Census 2001
religious adherence	population	%
Orthodox Christians	275,112	88.18%
Muslims	15,681	5.03%
Roman Catholics	7,065	2.26%
Protestants	548	0.18%
Other	1,301	0.42%
Religion not mentioned	12,278	3.93%
total	311,985	100%

See also

• Provinces of Bulgaria
• List of villages in Pleven Province

External links

• Template:Official Facebook page