Yablanitsa Municipality

Yablanitsa Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Ябланица) is a small municipality (obshtina) in Lovech Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located in the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan, north of Stara Planina mountain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Yablanitsa.

Yablanitsa Municipality
Община Ябланица
Municipality
Yablanitsa Municipality within Bulgaria and Lovech Province.
Yablanitsa Municipality within Bulgaria and Lovech Province.
Coordinates: 43°3′N 24°5′E
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Lovech
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Yablanitsa
Area
 • Total276 km2 (107 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2009)[1]
 • Total6,427
 • Density23/km2 (60/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

The municipality embraces a territory of 276 km2 (107 sq mi) with a population of 6,427 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]

As of 2010, the west operating part of Hemus motorway ends near the main town. The motorway is planned to connect the capital city of Sofia with the port of Varna on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.

Settlements

Yablanitsa Municipality includes the following 9 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[2][3][4]
(December 2009)
Yablanitsa Ябланица 2,896
Batultsi Батулци 205
Brestnitsa Брестница 1,062
Dobrevtsi Добревци 547
Dabravata Дъбравата 88
Golyama Brestnitsa Голяма Брестница 182
Malak Izvor Малък извор 243
Oreshene Орешене 332
Zlatna Panega Златна Панега 872
Total 6,427

Demography

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

Yablanitsa Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 9,411 8,243 7,532 6,902 6,705 6,556 6,427 ...
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7]

Vital statistics

The municipality of Yablanitsa has one of the highest birth rate in Bulgaria. Especially Roma people in some villages tend to have high fertility rates.

PopulationLive birthsDeathsNatural growthBirth rate (‰)Death rate (‰)Natural growth rate (‰)
2000 7,19581138-5711.319.2-7.9
2001 6,822 91136-4513.319.9-6.6
2002 6,81694132-3813.819.4-5.6
2003 6,836 102116-1414.917.0-2.0
2004 6,751 90124-3413.318.4-5.0
2005 6,705 95114-1914.217.0-2.8
2006 6,629 94100-614.215.1-0.9
2007 6,5568998-913.614.9-1.4
20086,45183104-2112.916.1-3.3
2009 6,427 102921015.914.31.6
2010 6,33485137-5213.421.6-8.2
2011 6,21082100-1813.216.1-2.9
20126,150 81112-3113.218.2-5.0
20136,092 85106-2114.017.4-3.4
20146,01776102-2612.617.0-4.3
2015 5,97166103-3711.117.3-6.2
2016 5,90267111-4411.418.8-7.5
2017 5,78682136-5414.223.5-9.3
2018 5,72776105-2913.318.3-5.1
20195,60758118-6010.321.0-10.7
20205,74277102-2513.417.8-4.4
20215,63276150-7413.526.6-13.1

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:

Religious composition of Yablanitsa Municipality [8]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 88.9%
Catholicism
 
 0.6%
Protestantism
 
 0.6%
Islam
 
 0.5%
No religion
 
 4.1%
Prefer not to answer, others and aindefinable
 
 5.3%

See also

References
  1. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
  2. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
  3. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
  4. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
  5. National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
  6. „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  7. "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  8. "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
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