Nikopol Municipality Explained

Nikopol Municipality
Native Name:Община Никопол
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name1:Pleven
Subdivision Name2:Nikopol
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:43.5833°N 79°W
Area Total Km2:415.9
Population As Of:December 2009
Population Total:10,602
Population Density Km2:auto

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 415.9km2[1] [2] with a population, as of December 2009, of 10,602 inhabitants.[3]

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.[2]

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/VillageCyrillicPopulation (2011)
NikopolНикопол3,186
AsenovoАсеново290
Batsova mahalaБацова махала471
VabelВъбел740
DebovoДебово588
Dragash voyvodaДрагаш войвода573
EvlogievoЕвлогиево104
ZhernovЖернов100
LozitsaЛозица264
LyubenovoЛюбеново209
MuselievoМуселиево762
NovacheneНовачене1,187
SanadinovoСанадиново356
CherkovitsaЧерковица466
Total9,296

Demography

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

Vital statistics

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

Population Live births Deaths Natural growth Birth rate (‰) Death rate (‰) Natural growth rate (‰)
2000 14,254 103 317 -214 7.2 22.2 -15.0
2001 13,400 100 355 -255 7.5 26.5 -19.0
2002 12,983 96 337 -241 7.4 26.0 -18.6
2003 12,662 86 294 -208 6.8 23.2 -16.4
2004 12,296 90 244 -154 7.3 19.8 -12.5
2005 11,909 90 290 -200 7.6 24.4 -16.8
2006 11,545 73 293 -220 6.3 25.4 -19.1
2007 11,264 66 292 -226 5.9 25.9 -20.1
2008 10,897 88 270 -182 8.1 24.8 -16.1
2009 10,602 92 266 -174 8.7 25.1 -16.4
2010 10,36665 230 -165 6.3 22.2 -15.9
2011 9,205 76 245 -169 8.3 26.6 -18.4
2012 9,019 71 213 -142 7.9 23.6 -15.7
2013 8,835 74 214 -140 8.4 24.2 -15.8
2014 8,684 59 224 -165 6.8 25.8 -19.0
2015 8,538 54 248 -194 6.3 29.0 -22.7
2016 8,332 61 231 -170 7.3 27.7 -20.4
2017 8,12366 214 -148 8.1 26.3 -18.2
2018 7,925 56 197 -141 7.1 24.9 -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:

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://bg.guide-bulgaria.com/NC/Pleven/Nikopol Nikopol
  2. http://adrm.hit.bg/Obshtini/nikopol_bg.htm Obshtina Nikopol
  3. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
  4. http://pazari.dnevnik.bg/show/543406/ "Nikopol Develops Cultural Tourism together with Turnu Măgurele"