Slivo Pole Municipality
Община Сливо поле | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 43°56′N 26°15′E / 43.933°N 26.250°E | |
Country | Bulgaria |
Province (Oblast) | Ruse |
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Slivo Pole |
Area | |
• Total | 276 km2 (107 sq mi) |
Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 11,635 |
• Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Slivo Pole Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Сливо поле) is a municipality (obshtina) in Ruse Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Slivo Pole.
The municipality embraces a territory of 276 km2 with a population of 11,635 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
The main road II-21 crosses the area from west to east, connecting the province centre of Ruse with the city of Silistra.
Slivo Pole Municipality includes the following 11 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
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Slivo Pole | Сливо поле | 3,169 |
Babovo | Бабово | 521 |
Borisovo | Борисово | 787 |
Brashlen | Бръшлен | 354 |
Chereshovo | Черешово | 190 |
Golyamo Vranovo | Голямо Враново | 1,688 |
Kosharna | Кошарна | 626 |
Malko Vranovo | Малко Враново | 984 |
Ryahovo | Ряхово | 1,715 |
Stambolovo | Стамболово | 697 |
Yudelnik | Юделник | 904 |
Total | 11,635 |
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Slivo Pole Municipality | ||||||||
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Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 19,873 | 18,121 | 14,658 | 12,912 | 12,381 | 12,087 | 11,635 | ... |
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7] |
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
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