Tsar Kaloyan Municipality Explained

Tsar Kaloyan Municipality
Native Name:Община Цар Калоян
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name1:Razgrad
Subdivision Name2:Tsar Kaloyan
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:43.5833°N 40°W
Area Total Km2:186.42
Population As Of:December 2009
Population Total:6,314
Population Density Km2:auto

Tsar Kaloyan Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Цар Калоян, former name Hlebarovo Municipality) is a small municipality (obshtina) in Razgrad Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 27 km southeast of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Tsar Kaloyan.

The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 6,314 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]

The main road E70 crosses the area, connecting the province centre of Razgrad with the city of Ruse and respectively the Danube Bridge with the eastern operating part of Hemus motorway.

Settlements

Tsar Kaloyan Municipality includes the following 3 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/VillageCyrillicPopulation[2] [3] [4]
(December 2009)
Tsar KaloyanЦар Калоян3,856
EzercheЕзерче1,975
KostandenetsКостанденец483
Total6,314

Demography

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

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

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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