Knezha_Municipality
Knezha Municipality
Municipality in Pleven, Bulgaria
Knezha Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Кнежа) is a municipality (obshtina) in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Knezha.
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Knezha Municipality
Община Кнежа | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 43°28′N 24°8′E | |
Country | Bulgaria |
Province (Oblast) | Pleven |
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Knezha |
Area | |
• Total | 317.83 km2 (122.71 sq mi) |
Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 14,839 |
• Density | 47/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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The municipality embraces a territory of 317.83 km2 with a population, as of December 2009, of 14,839 inhabitants.[1]
(towns are shown in bold):
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
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Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 22,031 | 20,329 | 18,640 | 17,079 | 15,932 | 15,372 | 14,839 | ... |
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:
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- (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
- "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
- "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
- Knezha municipality website (in Bulgarian)