Ugarchin Municipality Explained

Ugarchin Municipality
Native Name:Община Угърчин
Settlement Type:Municipality
Coordinates:43.1°N 49°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province (Oblast)
Subdivision Name1:Lovech
Subdivision Name2:Ugarchin
Area Total Km2:523.10
Population Total:7,181
Population As Of:December 2009
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3

Ugarchin Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Угърчин) is a municipality (obshtina) in Lovech Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located from the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan to the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Ugarchin.

The municipality embraces a territory of 523.1km² with a population of 7,181 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]

Settlements

  1. Dragana (Драгана)
  2. Golets (Голец)
  3. Kalenik (Каленик)
  4. Katunets (Катунец)
  5. Kirchevo (Кирчево)
  6. Lesidren (Лесидрен)
  7. Mikre (Микре)
  8. Orlyane (Орляне)
  9. Slavshtitsa (Славщица)
  10. Sopot (Сопот)
  11. Ugarchin (Угърчин)

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

Notes and References

  1. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009