Lyaskovets Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Лясковец) is a municipality (obshtina) in Veliko Tarnovo Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located in the transition between the Danubian Plain and the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Lyaskovets.
Lyaskovets Municipality
Община Лясковец | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Lyaskovets Municipality within Bulgaria and Veliko Tarnovo Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°6′N 25°45′E / 43.100°N 25.750°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Veliko Tarnovo |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Lyaskovets |
| Area | |
| • Total | 117.54 km2 (45.38 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
| • Total | 13,677 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The municipality embraces a territory of 117.54 km2 (45.38 sq mi) with a population of 13,677 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
The main road E772 crosses the area centrally, connecting the province centre of Veliko Tarnovo with the city of Targovishte and the eastern operating part of Hemus motorway.
Settlements
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Lyaskovets Municipality includes the following 6 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Lyaskovets | Лясковец | 8,277 |
| Dobri Dyal | Добри дял | 1,168 |
| Dragizhevo | Драгижево | 800 |
| Dzhulunitsa | Джулюница | 1,900 |
| Kozarevets | Козаревец | 915 |
| Merdanya | Мерданя | 617 |
| Total | 13,677 |
Demography
editThe following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Lyaskovets Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 19,454 | 18,326 | 17,479 | 15,570 | 14,282 | 13,915 | 13,677 | ... |
| Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7] | ||||||||
Religion
editAccording 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
editReferences
edit- ^ 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
- ^ 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
edit- Official website (in Bulgarian)