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Slivo Pole Municipality

Coordinates: 43°56′N 26°15′E / 43.933°N 26.250°E / 43.933; 26.250
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Slivo Pole Municipality
Община Сливо поле
Municipality
Slivo Pole Municipality within Bulgaria and Ruse Province.
Slivo Pole Municipality within Bulgaria and Ruse Province.
Coordinates: 43°56′N 26°15′E / 43.933°N 26.250°E / 43.933; 26.250
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Ruse
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Slivo Pole
Area
 • Total
276 km2 (107 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2009)[1]
 • Total
11,635
 • Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Slivo Pole Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Сливо поле) is a municipality (obshtina) in Ruse Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Slivo Pole.

The municipality embraces a territory of 276 km2 with a population of 11,635 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]

The main road II-21 crosses the area from west to east, connecting the province centre of Ruse with the city of Silistra.

Settlements

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Slivo Pole Municipality includes the following 11 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[2][3][4]
(December 2009)
Slivo Pole Сливо поле 3,169
Babovo Бабово 521
Borisovo Борисово 787
Brashlen Бръшлен 354
Chereshovo Черешово 190
Golyamo Vranovo Голямо Враново 1,688
Kosharna Кошарна 626
Malko Vranovo Малко Враново 984
Ryahovo Ряхово 1,715
Stambolovo Стамболово 697
Yudelnik Юделник 904
Total 11,635

Demography

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

Slivo Pole Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 19,873 18,121 14,658 12,912 12,381 12,087 11,635 ...
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7]

Religion

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According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:

Religious composition of Slivo Pole Municipality [8]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 42.3%
Catholicism
 
 0.0%
Protestantism
 
 0.3%
Islam
 
 48.8%
No religion
 
 3.7%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 4.9%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
  2. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
  3. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
  4. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
  5. ^ (in English)National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
  6. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  7. ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  8. ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
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