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.
Polski Trambesh Municipality includes the following 15 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2] [3] [4] (December 2009) | |
---|---|---|---|
Polski Trambesh | Полски Тръмбеш | 4,546 | |
Ivancha | Иванча | 465 | |
Karantsi | Каранци | 318 | |
Kutsina | Куцина | 709 | |
Klimentovo | Климентово | 857 | |
Maslarevo | Масларево | 681 | |
Obedinenie | Обединение | 834 | |
Orlovets | Орловец | 557 | |
Pavel | Павел | 834 | |
Polski Senovets | Полски Сеновец | 770 | |
Petko Karavelovo | Петко Каравелово | 1,677 | |
Radanovo | Раданово | 1,686 | |
Stefan Stambolovo | Стефан Стамболово | 261 | |
Strahilovo | Страхилово | 942 | |
Varzulitsa | Вързулица | 172 | |
Total | 15,309 |
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.