Iskar Municipality Explained

Iskar Municipality
Native Name:Община Искър
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name1:Pleven
Subdivision Name2:Iskar
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:43.4833°N 42°W
Area Total Km2:239
Population As Of:December 2009
Population Total:7,717
Population Density Km2:auto

Iskar Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Искър) is a municipality (obshtina) in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Iskar.

The municipality embraces a territory of with a population, as of December 2009, of 7,717 inhabitants.[1]

Settlements

(towns are shown in bold):

Town/VillageCyrillicPopulation[2] [3] [4]
(December 2009)
IskarИскър3,622
Dolni LukovitДолни Луковит2,042
PisarovoПисарово879
StaroseltsiСтароселци1,174
Total7,717

Demography

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

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:

See also

References

  1. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
  2. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
  3. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
  4. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009

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