| Byala Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Община Бяла |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ruse |
| Subdivision Name2: | Byala |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 43.4333°N 68°W |
| Area Total Km2: | 341 |
| Population As Of: | December 2009 |
| Population Total: | 14,962 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
Byala Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Бяла) is a municipality (obshtina) in Ruse Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 20 km southeast of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Byala.
The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 14,962 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
The area is crossroads of some of the main directions in the country - road E85, road E83, I-51 and I-52, which connect the province centre of Ruse with the cities of Veliko Tarnovo, Pleven, Svishtov and respectively the country capital of Sofia and Shipka pass. Yantra river flows through the area from south to north.
Byala Municipality includes the following 11 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2] [3] [4] (December 2009) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byala | Бяла | 9,015 | |
| Bistrentsi | Бистренци | 395 | |
| Bosilkovtsi | Босилковци | 669 | |
| Botrov | Ботров | 319 | |
| Dryanovets | Дряновец | 748 | |
| Koprivets | Копривец | 884 | |
| Lom Cherkovna | Лом Черковна | 462 | |
| Pet Kladentsi | Пет кладенци | 64 | |
| Peychinovo | Пейчиново | 343 | |
| Polsko Kosovo | Полско Косово | 1,686 | |
| Starmen | Стърмен | 377 | |
| Total | 14,962 |
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following: