Nikopol_Municipality

Nikopol Municipality

Nikopol Municipality

Municipality in Pleven, Bulgaria

Nikopol Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Никопол) is a municipality (obshtina) in the northern part of Pleven Province, in northern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Nikopol. The municipality embraces a territory of 415.9 km2 (160.6 sq mi)[2][3] with a population, as of December 2009, of 10,602 inhabitants.[1]

Quick Facts Община Никопол, Country ...

Its northern border is by the Danube River, bordering with Turnu Măgurele municipality of Romania. The municipality also borders with Belene Municipality on the East, Livski and Pordim municipalities on the South, Pleven municipality on the Southwest and Gulyantsi Municipality on the West.

Besides the Danube, which defines the hydrography of the area, the Osam river and some minor rivers flow within the municipality.[3]

There are plans to develop common cultural tourism program that encompass the Nikopol and Turnu Măgurele municipalities. Unlike Turnu Măgurele, Nikopol municipality has poorly developed tourism infrastructure.[4]

Settlements

(towns are shown in bold):

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Demography

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

Nikopol Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 20,812 17,806 15,840 13,656 11,909 11,264 10,602 ...
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7]

Vital statistics

The municipality of Nikopol has a low birth rate and a high death rate.

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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:

More information Religious composition of Nikopol Municipality ...

See also

References

  1. [1]
    (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    Nikopol at Guide-Bulgaria
  3. [3]
    Obshtina Nikopol Archived 2008-12-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Bulgarian)
  4. [4]
    "Nikopol Develops Cultural Tourism together with Turnu Măgurele", Dnevnik, August 26, 2008
  5. [5]
    National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
  6. [6]
    „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  7. [7]
    "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  8. [8]
    "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
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