Razgrad Municipality Explained

Razgrad Municipality
Native Name:Община Разград
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name1:Razgrad
Subdivision Name2:Razgrad
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:43.5333°N 56°W
Area Total Km2:620
Population As Of:December 2009
Population Total:54,720
Population Density Km2:auto

Razgrad Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Разград) is a municipality (obshtina) in Razgrad Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Ludogorie geographical region part of the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the city of Razgrad which is also the capital of the province.

The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 54,720 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]

The main road E70 crosses the area, connecting the main town with the city of Ruse and the Danube Bridge.

Settlements

Razgrad Municipality includes the following 22 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/VillageCyrillicPopulation[2] [3] [4]
(December 2009)
RazgradРазград34,592
BalkanskiБалкански322
BlagoevoБлагоево640
CherkovnaЧерковна148
DryanovetsДряновец811
DyankovoДянково2,913
GetsovoГецово1,902
KichenitsaКиченица923
LipnikЛипник584
MortagonovoМортагоново1,091
NedoklanНедоклан212
OsenetsОсенец1,081
OstrovcheОстровче164
Pobit KamakПобит камък312
ProstornoПросторно189
PoroishteПороище505
RadingradРадинград306
RakovskiРаковски2,568
StrazhetsСтражец1,957
TopchiiТопчии568
UshintsiУшинци264
YasenovetsЯсеновец2,668
Total54,720

Demography

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

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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