Cherven Bryag Municipality
Municipality
Native nameОбщина Червен бряг
Province (Oblast)Pleven
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Cherven Bryag
Time zoneEET (UTC+2)
Time zone (DST)EEST (UTC+3)
Coordinates43°17′N 24°9′E
Area total584 km²
Population as ofDecember 2009
Population total30,524

Cherven Bryag Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Червен бряг) is a municipality (obshtina) in Pleven Province, northwestern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Cherven Bryag.[1] With a population of 30,524, as of December 2009,[2] it is the second largest municipality in the province.[3]

The municipality is located by the right side of the Iskar River, close to the inlet of Zlatna Panega River. It has area of 584 km2 (225 sq mi).[1]

It borders with Lukovit, Roman, Dolni Dabnik, Iskar, Knezha and Byala Slatina municipalities. The Sofia - Rousse highway and Sofia-Varna railroad pass through municipality.[3]

The municipality has 37 protected areas, including Kuklite ("The Dolls") rock formations on the lands of Resselets village; Kaleto tectonic ridge on the lands of Reselets village; Skoka waterfall on the lands of Reselets; Haydoushka cave near Deventsi; Sedlarkata Rock Bridge on the lands of Rakita; Neolithic settlements near Telish, Thracian settlements in Chomakovtsi, Roman cites near Resselets and Chomakovtsi.[3]

Settlements

SettlementCyrillicPostal code[3]StatusPopulation[4][5][6]
(December 2009)
BresteБресте5992village440
GlavaГлава5985village1,397
GornikГорник5991village1,250
DeventsiДевенци5995village775
KoynareКойнаре5986town4,464
LepitsaЛепица5987village458
RadomirtsiРадомирци5997village1,523
RakitaРакита5998village938
ReseletsРеселец5993village1,061
RuptsiРупци5994village1,237
SuhacheСухаче5988village751
TelishТелиш5990village1,166
Cherven BryagЧервен бряг5980town,
capital
13,856
ChomakovtsiЧомаковци5989village1208
total30,524

Demography

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

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

  1. ^ Official website of Cherven Bryag municipality (in Bulgarian)
  2. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Municipality Cherven bryag"
  4. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
  6. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009