Dolni Dabnik Municipality

Dolni Dabnik Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Долни Дъбник) is a municipality (obshtina) in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Dolni Dabnik.

Dolni Dabnik Municipality Община Долни Дъбник
Municipality
Dolni Dabnik Municipality within Bulgaria and Pleven Province.
Coordinates: 43°24′N 24°26′E
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Pleven
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)	Dolni Dabnik
Area
• Total	310 km2 (120 sq mi)
Population  (December 2009)[1]
• Total	14,438
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

The municipality embraces a territory of 310 km² (120 sq mi) with a population, as of December 2009, of 14,438 inhabitants.^[1]

Settlements

Dolni Dabnik Municipality within Pleven Province

Pleven

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Cherven Bryag

•

Levski

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Nikopol

•

Knezha

•

Belene

•

Dolna Mitropoliya

•

Pordim

•

Gulyantsi

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Dolni Dabnik

(towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village	Cyrillic	Population[2][3][4] (December 2009)
Dolni Dabnik	Долни Дъбник	4,761
Barkach	Бъркач	760
Gorni Dabnik	Горни Дъбник	1,914
Gradina	Градина	842
Krushovitsa	Крушовица	2,051
Petarnitsa	Петърница	1,720
Sadovets	Садовец	2,390
Total		14,438

Demography

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

Dolni Dabnik Municipality
Year	1975	1985	1992	2001	2005	2007	2009	2011
Population	21,653	18,644	17,377	15,701	15,137	14,810	14,438	...
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7]

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 Dolni Dabnik Municipality [8] Orthodox Christianity   74.8% Catholicism   0.5% Protestantism   0.6% Islam   4.2% No religion   12.7% Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable   6.2%

See also

• Provinces of Bulgaria
• Municipalities of Bulgaria
• List of cities and towns in Bulgaria

References

1. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
2. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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.

External links

• Dolni Dabnik municipality at Domino.bg Archived 2007-06-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Bulgarian and English)