Nikopol Municipality

Nikopol Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Никопол) is a municipality (obshtina) in the northern part of Pleven Province, in northern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Nikopol. The municipality embraces a territory of 415.9 km2 (160.6 sq mi)[2][3] with a population, as of December 2009, of 10,602 inhabitants.[1]

Nikopol Municipality

Община Никопол
Municipality
Nikopol Municipality within Bulgaria and Pleven Province.
Coordinates: 43°35′N 24°55′E
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Pleven
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Nikopol
Area
 • Total415.9 km2 (160.6 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2009)[1]
 • Total10,602
 • Density25/km2 (66/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Its northern border is by the Danube River, bordering with Turnu Măgurele municipality of Romania. The municipality also borders with Belene Municipality on the East, Livski and Pordim municipalities on the South, Pleven municipality on the Southwest and Gulyantsi Municipality on the West.

Besides the Danube, which defines the hydrography of the area, the Osam river and some minor rivers flow within the municipality.[3]

There are plans to develop common cultural tourism program that encompass the Nikopol and Turnu Măgurele municipalities. Unlike Turnu Măgurele, Nikopol municipality has poorly developed tourism infrastructure.[4]

Settlements

(towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village Cyrillic Population (2011)
Nikopol Никопол 3,186
Asenovo Асеново 290
Batsova mahala Бацова махала 471
Vabel Въбел 740
Debovo Дебово 588
Dragash voyvoda Драгаш войвода 573
Evlogievo Евлогиево 104
Zhernov Жернов 100
Lozitsa Лозица 264
Lyubenovo Любеново 209
Muselievo Муселиево 762
Novachene Новачене 1,187
Sanadinovo Санадиново 356
Cherkovitsa Черковица 466
Total 9,296

Demography

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

Nikopol Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 20,812 17,806 15,840 13,656 11,909 11,264 10,602 ...
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7]

Vital statistics

The municipality of Nikopol has a low birth rate and a high death rate.

PopulationLive birthsDeathsNatural growthBirth rate (‰)Death rate (‰)Natural growth rate (‰)
200014,254103317-2147.222.2-15.0
200113,400100355-2557.526.5-19.0
200212,98396337-2417.426.0-18.6
200312,662 86294-2086.823.2-16.4
200412,29690244-1547.319.8-12.5
200511,90990290-2007.624.4-16.8
200611,545 73293-2206.325.4-19.1
2007 11,26466292-2265.925.9-20.1
200810,89788270-1828.124.8-16.1
200910,602 92266-1748.725.1-16.4
201010,36665230-1656.322.2-15.9
20119,205 76245-1698.326.6-18.4
20129,01971213-1427.923.6-15.7
20138,83574214-1408.424.2-15.8
2014 8,684 59224-1656.825.8-19.0
20158,538 54248-1946.329.0-22.7
20168,332 61231-1707.327.7-20.4
20178,12366214-1488.126.3-18.2
20187,925 56197-1417.124.9-17.8

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 Nikopol Municipality [8]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 64.5%
Catholicism
 
 2.8%
Protestantism
 
 0.3%
Islam
 
 15.0%
No religion
 
 8.4%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 9.0%

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. Nikopol at Guide-Bulgaria
  3. Obshtina Nikopol Archived 2008-12-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Bulgarian)
  4. "Nikopol Develops Cultural Tourism together with Turnu Măgurele", Dnevnik, August 26, 2008
  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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