Elena Municipality

Elena Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Елена) is a municipality (obshtina) in Veliko Tarnovo Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located on the northern slopes of the central Stara planina mountain in the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre, the town of Elena. It includes a territory of 671,39 km² with a population of 10,407 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]

For other uses, see Elena (disambiguation).
Elena Municipality

Община Елена
Municipality
Elena Municipality within Bulgaria and Veliko Tarnovo Province.
Coordinates: 42°55′N 25°51′E
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Veliko Tarnovo
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Elena
Area
 • Total671.39 km2 (259.23 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2009)[1]
 • Total10,407
 • Density16/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

The area is best known for its Bulgarian National Revival atmosphere preserved in its main town. Chumerna peak (1536 meters above sea level) in the Elena-Tvarditsa range is the highest point in the province.

Settlements

(towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[2][3][4]
(December 2009)
  • Elena - Елена - 5,665
  • Aplatsi - Аплаци -
  • Bagalevtsi - Багалевци -
  • Badevtsi - Бадевци -
  • Baevtsi - Баевци -
  • Bazhdari - Баждари -
  • Balutsi - Балуци -
  • Bebrovo - Беброво -
  • Beykovtsi - Бейковци -
  • Berkovtsi - Берковци -
  • Blaskovtsi - Блъсковци -
  • Bogdansko - Богданско -
  • Boykovtsi - Бойковци -
  • Bosevtsi - Босевци -
  • Brezovo - Брезово -
  • Brachkovtsii - Бръчковци -
  • Buynovtsi - Буйновци -
  • Byalkovtsi - Бялковци -
  • Chavdartsi - Чавдарци -
  • Chakali - Чакали -
  • Chervenkovtsi - Червенковци -
  • Cherni Dyal - Черни дял -
  • Daveri - Давери -
  • Daynovtsi - Дайновци -
  • Debeli Rat - Дебели рът -
  • Dobrevtsi - Добревци -
  • Dolni Maryan - Долни Марян -
  • Dolni Tanchevtsi - Долни Танчевци -
  • Donkovtsi - Донковци -
  • Draganovtsi - Драгановци -
  • Dragiytsi - Драгийци -
  • Dragnevtsi - Драгневци -
  • Drenta - Дрента -
  • Dukovtsi - Дуковци -
  • Darlevtsi - Дърлевци -
  • Gabarka - Габрака -
  • Ganev Dol - Ганев дол -
  • Glogovets - Глоговец -
  • Golemani - Големани -
  • Gorni Kray - Горни край -
  • Gorni Tanchevtsi - Горни Танчевци -
  • Gorska - Горска -
  • Gramatitsi - Граматици -
  • Gardevtsi - Гърдевци -
  • Harvalovtsi - Харваловци -
  • Hristovtsi - Христовци -
  • Hanevtsi - Хъневци -
  • Ivanivanovtsi - Иванивановци -
  • Ignatovtsi - Игнатовци -
  • Ilakov Rat - Илаков рът -
  • Iliyuvtsi - Илиювци -
  • Kamenari - Каменари -
  • Kantari - Кантари -
  • Karaivantsi - Караиванци -
  • Karandili - Карандили -
  • Kirevtsi - Киревци -
  • Kozhlyuvtsi - Кожлювци -
  • Kozya Reka - Козя река -
  • Kolari - Колари -
  • Konstantin - Константин -
  • Kosevtsi - Косевци -
  • Kostel - Костел -
  • Kotutsi - Котуци -
  • Krilyuvtsi - Крилювци -
  • Krumchevtsi - Крумчевци -
  • Lazartsi - Лазарци -
  • Lesiche - Лесиче -
  • Maysko - Майско -
  • Marafeltsi - Марафелци -
  • Marinovtsi - Мариновци -
  • Maryan - Марян -
  • Mahalnitsi - Махалници -
  • Miykovtsi - Мийковци -
  • Minevtsi - Миневци -
  • Mirchovtsi - Мирчовци -

Demography

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

Elena Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 16,546 14,684 13,581 11,342 10,843 10,621 10,407 ...
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7]

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:

Religious composition of Elena Municipality [8]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 70.2%
Catholicism
 
 0.2%
Protestantism
 
 0.5%
Islam
 
 17.3%
No religion
 
 2.7%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 9.3%

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
  4. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
  5. 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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