Polski Trambesh Municipality Explained

Polski Trambesh Municipality
Native Name:Община Полски Тръмбеш
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name1:Veliko Tarnovo
Subdivision Name2:Polski Trambesh
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:43.3333°N 61°W
Area Total Km2:463.66
Population As Of:December 2009
Population Total:15,309
Population Density Km2:auto

Polski Trambesh Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Полски Тръмбеш) is a municipality (obshtina) in Veliko Tarnovo Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Polski Trambesh.

The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 15,309 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]

The main road E85 crosses the area centrally, from south to north, connecting the province centre of Veliko Tarnovo with the city of Ruse.

Settlements

Polski Trambesh Municipality includes the following 15 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/VillageCyrillicPopulation[2] [3] [4]
(December 2009)
Polski TrambeshПолски Тръмбеш4,546
IvanchaИванча465
KarantsiКаранци318
KutsinaКуцина709
KlimentovoКлиментово857
MaslarevoМасларево681
ObedinenieОбединение834
OrlovetsОрловец557
PavelПавел834
Polski SenovetsПолски Сеновец770
Petko KaravelovoПетко Каравелово1,677
RadanovoРаданово1,686
Stefan StambolovoСтефан Стамболово261
StrahilovoСтрахилово942
VarzulitsaВързулица172
Total15,309

Demography

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

Bulgarians form a majority in 14 out of 15 settlements. One village, Petko Karavelovo, has a Turkish majority with 58,7% of its population belonging to the Turkish minority in Bulgaria. The village of Radanovo has the largest Roma population in the municipality of Polski Trambesh, with 367 out of 508 Roma living in the village of Radanovo. Roma make up 29,0% of the population of the village of Radanovo.

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Notes and 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