Vratsa Province

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Vratsa Province

Област Враца
Location o Vratsa Province in Bulgarie
Location o Vratsa Province in Bulgarie
KintraBulgarie
CaipitalVratsa
Area
 • Total3619.7 km2 (1,397.6 sq mi)
Population
 (February 2011 [1])
 • Total184,930
 • Density51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
License plateBP

Vratsa Province (Bulgarie: Област Враца (Oblast Vratsa), umwhile name Vratsa okrug) is a Bulgarie province locatit in the northwastren pairt o the kintra, atween Danube river in the north an Stara Planina muntain in the sooth. It is namit efter its main toun - Vratsa. As o December 2009, the province haes a population o 196,829 inhabitants,[1][2][3] on territory of 3,619.7 km².

Municipalities[eedit | eedit soorce]

Municipalities o Vratsa Province

The Vratsa Province contains ten municipalities (singular: община, obshtina - plural: общини, obshtini). The follaein table shows the names o each municipality in Scots an Cyrillic, the main toun (in bauld) or veelage, an the population o each as o December 2009.

Municipality Cyrillic Pop.[1][2][3] Toun/Veelage Pop.[2][4][5]
Borovan Борован 6,107 Borovan 2,646
Byala Slatina Бяла Слатина 27,104 Byala Slatina 12,433
Vratsa Враца 75,842 Vratsa 61,011
Kozloduy Козлодуй 22,269 Kozloduy 13,934
Krivodol Криводол 10,460 Krivodol 3,282
Mezdra Мездра 22,622 Mezdra 10,896
Miziya Мизия 7,466 Miziya 3,354
Oryahovo Оряхово 12,314 Oryahovo 5,400
Roman Роман 7,342 Roman 3,157
Hayredin Хайредин 5,303 Hayredin 1,584

Demografie[eedit | eedit soorce]

The Vratsa province haed a population o 243,036 accordin tae a 2001 census, o which 49.1% wur male an 50.9% wur female.[6] As o the end o 2009, the population o the province, annooncit bi the Bulgarie Naitional Statistical Institute, numbered 196,829[1] o which 27.2% are inhabitants agit ower 60 years.[7]

The follaein table represents the chynge o the population in the province efter Warld War II:

Vratsa Province
Year 1946 1956 1965 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 289,811 292,555 294,090 275,428 267,403 252,039 243,036 212,656 202,711 196,829 ??
Soorces: Naitional Stateestical Institute,[1] „Census 2001“,[2] „Census 2011“,[3] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,??

Releegious adherence in the province accordin tae 2001 census:[8]

Census 2001
releegious adherence population %
Orthodox Christians 229,452 94.41%
Muslims 4,223 1.74%
Roman Catholics 1,116 0.46%
Protestants 394 0.16%
Ither 995 0.41%
Releegion no mentioned 6,856 2.82%
total 243,036 100%

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. a b c d e (in Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. a b c d (in Inglis) „WorldCityPopulation“
  3. a b c „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  4. (in Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
  5. „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  6. (in Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
  7. (in Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009 Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
  8. (in Bulgarie) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001

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