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Svishtov Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Свищов) is a municipality (obshtina) in Veliko Tarnovo Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain along the right bank of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Svishtov.
Svishtov Municipality
Община Свищов | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Svishtov Municipality within Bulgaria and Veliko Tarnovo Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°34′N 25°21′E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Veliko Tarnovo |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Svishtov |
| Area | |
• Total | 625.5 km2 (241.5 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 49,817 |
| • Density | 80/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The municipality embraces a territory of 625.5 km2 (241.5 sq mi) with a population of 49,817 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
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Svishtov Municipality includes the following 16 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Svishtov | Свищов | 35,923 |
| Alekovo | Алеково | 688 |
| Aleksandrovo | Александрово | 289 |
| Balgarsko Slivovo | Българско Сливово | 1,390 |
| Chervena | Червена | 435 |
| Delyanovtsi | Деляновци | 167 |
| Dragomirovo | Драгомирово | 740 |
| Gorna Studena | Горна Студена | 550 |
| Hadzhidimitrovo | Хаджидимитрово | 831 |
| Kozlovets | Козловец | 1,492 |
| Morava | Морава | 1,200 |
| Ovcha Mogila | Овча могила | 1,721 |
| Oresh | Ореш | 1,779 |
| Sovata | Совата | 256 |
| Tsarevets | Царевец | 1,195 |
| Vardim | Вардим | 1,161 |
| Total | 49,817 |
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The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Svishtov Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 56,264 | 52,710 | 50,177 | 47,664 | 49,255 | 49,114 | 49,817 | ... |
| 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:
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