Cherven Bryag Municipality
Municipality in Pleven, Bulgaria
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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.[2] With a population of 30,524, as of December 2009,[1] it is the second largest municipality in the province.[3]
Cherven Bryag Municipality
Община Червен бряг | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
Cherven Bryag Municipality within Bulgaria and Pleven Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°17′N 24°9′E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Pleven |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Cherven Bryag |
| Area | |
• Total | 584 km2 (225 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 30,524 |
| • Density | 52.3/km2 (135/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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).[2]
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
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| Settlement | Cyrillic | Postal code[3] | Status | Population[4][5][6] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breste | Бресте | 5992 | village | 440 |
| Glava | Глава | 5985 | village | 1,397 |
| Gornik | Горник | 5991 | village | 1,250 |
| Deventsi | Девенци | 5995 | village | 775 |
| Koynare | Койнаре | 5986 | town | 4,464 |
| Lepitsa | Лепица | 5987 | village | 458 |
| Radomirtsi | Радомирци | 5997 | village | 1,523 |
| Rakita | Ракита | 5998 | village | 938 |
| Reselets | Реселец | 5993 | village | 1,061 |
| Ruptsi | Рупци | 5994 | village | 1,237 |
| Suhache | Сухаче | 5988 | village | 751 |
| Telish | Телиш | 5990 | village | 1,166 |
| Cherven Bryag | Червен бряг | 5980 | town, capital | 13,856 |
| Chomakovtsi | Чомаковци | 5989 | village | 1208 |
| total | 30,524 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Cherven Bryag Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 45,044 | 43,088 | 40,876 | 35,562 | 32,157 | 31,281 | 30,524 | ... |
| 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: