Vratsa Province

Vratsa Province Област Враца
—  Province  —
Location o Vratsa Province in Bulgarie
Kintra	Bulgarie
Caipital	Vratsa
Aurie
- Tot	3,619.7 km2 (1,397.6 sq mi)
Indwallers (February 2011 )
- Tot	184,930
- Densitie	51.1/km2 (132.3/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Simmer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
License plate	BP

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, on territory of 3,619.7 km².

Municipalities

Municipalities o Vratsa Province

The Vratsa Province contains ten municipalities (singular: oбщина, obshtina - plural: oбщини, 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.	Toun/Veelage	Pop.
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

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. As o the end o 2009, the population o the province, annooncit bi the Bulgarie Naitional Statistical Institute, numbered 196,829 o which 27.2% are inhabitants agit ower 60 years.

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	??
Sources: National Statistical Institute, „Census 2001“, „Census 2011“, „pop-stat.mashke.org“,??

Releegious adherence in the province accordin tae 2001 census:

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%

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• Picturs frae the cave Ledenika near Vratsa
• Ceeties an veelages in Vratsa Province
• Picturs frae Vratsa an veelages