Gorna_Oryahovitsa_Municipality
Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality
Municipality in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Горна Оряховица) is a municipality (obshtina) in Veliko Tarnovo Province, central-north Bulgaria. It covers an area of 318 km2 (123 sq mi) with a total population of 48,695 people (as of 2009-12-31).[1] The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Gorna Oryahovitsa, which is situated at the foot of Arbanashka Mountain, along the Yantra River.
Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality
Община Горна Оряховица | |
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Municipality | |
Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality within Bulgaria and Veliko Tarnovo Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°9′N 25°42′E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Veliko Tarnovo |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Gorna Oryahovitsa |
| Area | |
| • Total | 318 km2 (123 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
| • Total | 48,695 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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The municipality has 14 settlements (2 towns and 12 villages).
Note: The place names in bold have the status of town (in Bulgarian: град, transliterated as grad). Other localities have the status of village (in Bulgarian: село, transliterated as selo). The names of localities are transliterated in Latin alphabet,[2][3] followed in parentheses by the original name in Bulgarian Cyrillic (which links to the corresponding Bulgarian Wikipedia article).
| Town/Village | Cyrillic script | Population[4][5][6] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Dolna Oryahovitsa | Долна Оряховица | 3,027 |
| Draganovo | Драганово | 2,730 |
| Gorna Oryahovitsa | Горна Оряховица | 32,436 |
| Gorski Dolen Trambesh | Горски Долен Тръмбеш | 381 |
| Gorski Goren Trambesh | Горски Горен Тръмбеш | 202 |
| Krusheto | Крушето | 947 |
| Paisiy | Паисий | 197 |
| Parvomaytsi | Първомайци | 2,829 |
| Pisarevo | Писарево | 1,079 |
| Polikraishte | Поликрайще | 2,029 |
| Pravda | Правда | 637 |
| Strelets | Стрелец | 379 |
| Varbitsa | Върбица | 1,186 |
| Yantra | Янтра | 636 |
| Total | 48,695 |
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality | ||||||||
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| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 58,413 | 62,367 | 58,529 | 53,142 | 50,909 | 49,707 | 48,695 | ... |
| Sources: Census 2001,[7] Census 2011,[8] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[9] | ||||||||
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:
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- (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Geonames Search Archived 2010-03-07 at the Wayback Machine at National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) - reference for location names
- Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality, Veliko Turnovo District at Guide-Bulgaria.com - reference for location names
- (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
- "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
- Official website (in Bulgarian)
- Gorna.bg Informational portal for municipality of Gorna Oryahovitsa (Bulgarian)(in Bulgarian)