Loznitsa Municipality
Община Лозница | |
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Municipality | |
 Loznitsa Municipality within Bulgaria and Razgrad Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°23′N 26°36′E / 43.383°N 26.600°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Razgrad |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Loznitsa |
| Area | |
| • Total | 249.48 km2 (96.32 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
| • Total | 9,732 |
| • Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Loznitsa Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Лозница) is a municipality (obshtina) in Razgrad Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Loznitsa.
The municipality embraces a territory of 249.48 km2 (96.32 sq mi) with a population of 9,732 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
The area contains the Beli Lom Reservoir, developed along the river of the same name. The main road II-49 crosses the municipality from north to south connecting the province centre of Razgrad with the city of Targovishte and respectevly the Danube Bridge with the Kotel pass in the eastern Stara planina mountain.
Settlements
Loznitsa Municipality includes the following 16 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Loznitsa | Лозница | 2,409 |
| Beli Lom | Бели Лом | 751 |
| Chudomir | Чудомир | 375 |
| Gorotsvet | Гороцвет | 412 |
| Gradina | Градина | 318 |
| Kamenar | Каменар | 587 |
| Kroyach | Крояч | 143 |
| Lovsko | Ловско | 700 |
| Manastirsko | Манастирско | 166 |
| Manastirtsi | Манастирци | 301 |
| Seydol | Сейдол | 505 |
| Sinya Voda | Синя вода | 878 |
| Studenets | Студенец | 488 |
| Trapishte | Трапище | 589 |
| Trabach | Тръбач | 188 |
| Veselina | Веселина | 922 |
| Total | 9,732 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Loznitsa Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 15,283 | 14,050 | 11,885 | 15,067 | 10,355 | 10,045 | 9,732 | ... |
| 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:
See also
References
- ^ a b (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
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ (in English)National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
- ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
External links
- Official website (in Bulgarian)
Places adjacent to Loznitsa Municipality | |
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This page was last edited on 2 March 2023, at 16:37