Levski Municipality

{{Infobox settlement  | name = Levski Municipality | native_name = Община Левски | settlement_type = Municipality | image_shield = | image_map = Levski Municipality Within Bulgaria.png | map_caption = Levski Municipality within Bulgaria and Pleven Province. | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{BUL}} | subdivision_type1 = Province {{smaller|(Oblast)}} | subdivision_name1 = Pleven | subdivision_type2 = Admin. centre {{smaller|(Obshtinski tsentar)}} | subdivision_name2 = Levski | timezone = EET | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = EEST | utc_offset_DST = +3 | coordinates = {{coord|43|23|N|25|9|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}} | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 414 |population_footnotes = <ref name="divisions">{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1585#cont Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113165626/http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1585 |date=2010-11-13 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/php/bulgaria-admin.php?adm2id=1507 |website=City Population |accessdate=5 July 2018|title=Levski (Municipality, Bulgaria) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location }}</ref> |population_as_of = February 2011 |population_total = 19,938 | population_density_km2 = auto | website = }}

'''Levski municipality''' ({{langx|bg|Община Левски}}) is a municipality (''obshtina'') in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Levski.

The municipality embraces a territory of {{cvt|414|km2}} with a population, as of February 2011, of 19,938 inhabitants.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.citypopulation.de/php/bulgaria-admin.php?adm2id=1507 |title = Levski (Municipality, Bulgaria) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location}}</ref>

== Settlements == {{Image label begin|image=Map of Levski municipality (Pleven Province).png|width=264|thumb=1|float=right|caption=Levski Municipality within Pleven Province}} {{Image label small|x=1.23|y=1.07|scale=100|text=13px|center'''Pleven'''}} {{Image label small|x=0.30|y=1.32|scale=100|text='''•'''}} {{Image label small|x=0.1|y=1.40|scale=100|text=Cherven Bryag}} {{Image label small|x=2.35|y=1.22|scale=100|text='''•'''}} {{Image label small|x=2.35|y=1.32|scale=100|text='''Levski'''}} {{Image label small|x=1.90|y=0.3|scale=100|text='''•'''}} {{Image label small|x=1.70|y=0.2|scale=100|text=Nikopol}} {{Image label small|x=0.35|y=0.8|scale=100|text='''•'''}} {{Image label small|x=0.30|y=0.7|scale=100|text=Knezha}} {{Image label small|x=2.35|y=0.4|scale=100|text='''•'''}} {{Image label small|x=2.15|y=0.5|scale=100|text=Belene}} {{Image label small|x=1.17|y=0.9|scale=100|text='''•'''}} {{Image label small|x=0.90|y=0.8|scale=100|text=Dolna Mitropoliya}} {{Image label end}} (towns are shown in bold): {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Town/Village ! Cyrillic ! Population<ref name="statistika">{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1588#cont Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113165731/http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1588 |date=2010-11-13 }}</ref><ref name="villages under 1000">{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/nrnm/index.php?ezik=en&f=8&s=1&date=29.12.2010&e=1&s1=4&c1=2&a1=1000&c=0 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009]</ref><ref name="Settlements 1000-5000">{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/nrnm/index.php?ezik=en&f=8&s=1&date=29.12.2010&e=1&s1=4&c1=3&a1=1000&c=1&s2=4&c2=2&a2=5000 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009]</ref> (December 2009) |- | '''Levski''' | '''Левски''' | align="center" | 10,571 |- | Asenovtsi | Асеновци | align="center" | 1,606 |- | Asparuhovo | Аспарухово | align="center" | 602 |- | Bozhurluk | Божурлук | align="center" | 144 |- | Balgarene | Българене | align="center" | 897 |- | Varana | Варана | align="center" | 98 |- | Gradishte | Градище | align="center" | 1,234 |- | Izgrev | Изгрев | align="center" | 499 |- | Kozar Belene | Козар Белене | align="center" | 843 |- | Malchika | Малчика | align="center" | 1,438 |- | Obnova | Обнова | align="center" | 2,242 |- | Stezherovo | Стежерово | align="center" | 597 |- | Tranchovitsa | Трънчовица | align="center" | 716 |- ! Total ! ! align="center" | 21,487 |}

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

{{Table BG Municipality population | municipality = Levski | 1975 = 34,410 | 1985 = 31,087 | 1992 = 29,127 | 2001 = 25,995 | 2005 = 23,172 | 2007 = 22,304 | 2009 = 21,487 | 2011 = ... | ref 1 = <ref name="divisions"/> | ref 2 = <ref name="divisions census 2001">[http://www.nsi.bg/Census2011/Census/Census.htm National Statistical Institute - Census 2001]</ref> | ref 3 = <ref name="pop-stat-divisions">[http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-division.htm „pop-stat.mashke.org“]</ref> }}

=== 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: {{bar box |width=300px |title=Religious composition of Levski Municipality <ref>{{cite web|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-religion2011.htm|title=Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011|website=pop-stat.mashke.org}}</ref> |titlebar=#ddd |bars= {{bar percent|Orthodox Christianity|blue|69.1}} {{bar percent|Catholicism|purple|11.0}} {{bar percent|Protestantism|yellow|0.7}} {{bar percent|Islam|green|5.6}} {{bar percent|No religion|red|6.4}} {{bar percent|Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable|gray|6.2}} }}

==References== <references />

Category:Municipalities in Pleven Province