Belene Municipality
Municipality
Native nameОбщина Белене
Province (Oblast)Pleven
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Belene
Time zoneEET (UTC+2)
Time zone (DST)EEST (UTC+3)
Coordinates43°36′N 25°7′E
Area total285 km²
Population as ofDecember 2009
Population total10,908

Belene Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Белене) is a municipality (obshtina) in Pleven Province, northern Bulgaria. It is located along the south bank of Danube river, by the border with Romania. The administrative centre of the area is the homonymous town of Belene.

The municipality has a territory of 285 km2 (110 sq mi) with a population, as of December 2009, of 10,908 inhabitants.[1]

Settlements

Town/VillageCyrillicPopulation[2][3]
(December 2009)
BeleneБелене8,905
Byala VodaБяла вода359
DekovДеков545
Kulina VodaКулина вода239
PetokladentsiПетокладенци455
TatariТатари405
Total10,908

Demography

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

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:

Most inhabitants are Christians.

See also

References

  1. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009