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Cherven Bryag Municipality
Община Червен бряг— Municipality — Cherven Bryag Municipality within Bulgaria and Pleven Province.
Coordinates: 43°17′N 24°9′E / 43.283°N 24.15°ECoordinates: 43°17′N 24°9′E / 43.283°N 24.15°E Country 
BulgariaProvince (Oblast) Pleven Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) Cherven Bryag Area - Total 584 km2 (225.5 sq mi) Population (December 2009)[1] - Total 30,524 Time zone EET (UTC+2) - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3) Cherven Bryag Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Червен бряг) is a municipality (obshtina) in Pleven Province, northwestern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Cherven Bryag.[2] With a population of 30,524, as of December 2009,[1] it is the second largest municipality in the province.[3]
The municipality is located by the right side of the Iskar River, close to the inlet of Zlatna Panega River. It has area of 584 km2.[2]
It borders with Lukovit, Roman, Dolni Dabnik, Iskar, Knezha and Byala Slatina municipalities. The Sofia - Rousse highway and Sofia-Varna railroad pass through municipality.[3]
The municipality has 37 protected areas, including Kuklite ("The Dolls") rock formations on the lands of Resselets village; Kaleto tectonic ridge on the lands of Reselets village; Skoka waterfall on the lands of Reselets; Haydoushka cave near Deventsi; Sedlarkata Rock Bridge on the lands of Rakita; Neolithic settlements near Telish, Thracian settlements in Chomakovtsi, Roman cites near Resselets and Chomakovtsi.[3]
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Settlements
LevskiNikopolKnezhaBeleneDolna MitropoliyaCherven Bryag Municipality within Pleven ProvinceSettlement Cyrillic Postal code[3] Status Population[4][5][6]
(December 2009)Breste Бресте 5992 village 440 Glava Глава 5985 village 1,397 Gornik Горник 5991 village 1,250 Deventsi Девенци 5995 village 775 Koynare Койнаре 5986 town 4,464 Lepitsa Лепица 5987 village 458 Radomirtsi Радомирци 5997 village 1,523 Rakita Ракита 5998 village 938 Reselets Реселец 5993 village 1,061 Ruptsi Рупци 5994 village 1,237 Suhache Сухаче 5988 village 751 Telish Телиш 5990 village 1,166 Cherven Bryag Червен бряг 5980 town,
capital13,856 Chomakovtsi Чомаковци 5989 village 1208 total 30,524 Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Cherven Bryag Municipality Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011 Population 45,044 43,088 40,876 35,562 32,157 31,281 30,524 ... Sources: National Statistical Institute,[1] Census 2001,[7] Census 2011,[8] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,?? See also
References
- ^ a b c (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
- ^ a b Official website of Cherven Bryag municipality (Bulgarian)
- ^ a b c d "Municipality Cherven bryag"
- ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
- ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
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