| Pleven Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Община Плевен |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pleven |
| Subdivision Name2: | Pleven |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 43.4167°N 61°W |
| Area Total Km2: | 812.10 |
| Population As Of: | December 2009 |
| Population Total: | 138,095 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
Pleven Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Плевен) is a municipality (obshtina) in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the city of Pleven which is also the capital of the Province.
The municipality embraces a territory of with a population, as of December 2009, of 138,095 inhabitants.[1]
(towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2] [3] [4] (December 2009) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleven | Плевен | 111,426 | |
| Beglezh | Беглеж | 782 | |
| Bohot | Бохот | 880 | |
| Brestovets | Брестовец | 1,124 | |
| Brashlyanitsa | Бръшляница | 848 | |
| Bukovlak | Буковлък | 3,850 | |
| Varbitsa | Върбица | 656 | |
| Gortalovo | Горталово | 186 | |
| Grivitsa | Гривица | 1,778 | |
| Disevitsa | Дисевица | 1,127 | |
| Koilovtsi | Коиловци | 1,123 | |
| Kartozhabene | Къртожабене | 141 | |
| Kashin | Къшин | 303 | |
| Laskar | Ласкар | 129 | |
| Mechka | Мечка | 849 | |
| Nikolaevo | Николаево | 740 | |
| Opanets | Опанец | 1796 | |
| Pelishat | Пелишат | 794 | |
| Radishevo | Радишево | 507 | |
| Ralevo | Ралево | 347 | |
| Slavyanovo | Славяново | 4,422 | |
| Todorovo | Тодорово | 425 | |
| Tuchenitsa | Тученица | 339 | |
| Tarnene | Търнене | 987 | |
| Yasen | Ясен | 2536 | |
| Total | 138,095 |
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: