Lovech Province
Template:Lovech Province Labelled Map
Lovech Province Област Ловеч | |
|---|---|
 Location o Lovech Province in Bulgarie | |
| Kintra | Bulgarie |
| Caipital | Lovech |
| Municipalities | 8 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Vanya Sabcheva |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,128 km2 (1,594 sq mi) |
| Population (Februar 2011) | |
| • Total | 141,422 |
| • Density | 34/km2 (89/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| License plate | OB |
| Website | oblastlovech.org |
Lovech Province (Bulgarie: Област Ловеч, transliteratit Oblast Lovech, umwhile name Lovech okrug) is ane o the 28 provinces o Bulgaria, lyin at the northren centre o the kintra. It is namit efter its main ceety - Lovech. As o December 2009, the population o the aurie is 151,153.[1][2][3]
Municipalities eedit
The Lovech province (област, oblast) contains aicht municipalities (singular: община, obshtina - plural: общини, obshtini). The follaein table shows the names o each municipality in Scots an Cyrillic, the main toun or veelage (in bauld), an the population as o December 2009.
| Municipality | Cyrillic | Pop.[1][2][3] | Toun/Veelage | Pop.[4][2][5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apriltsi | Априлци | 3,554 | Apriltsi | 3,207 |
| Letnitsa | Летница | 5,101 | Letnitsa | 3,739 |
| Lovech | Ловеч | 53,578 | Lovech | 38,579 |
| Lukovit | Луковит | 19,469 | Lukovit | 9,630 |
| Teteven | Тетевен | 22,016 | Teteven | 10,613 |
| Troyan | Троян | 33,827 | Troyan | 21,997 |
| Ugarchin | Угърчин | 7,181 | Ugarchin | 2,832 |
| Yablanitsa | Ябланица | 6,427 | Yablanitsa | 2,896 |
Demografics eedit
The Lovech province haed a population o 169,951 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 151,153[1] o which 29.4% are inhabitants agit ower 60 years.[7]
The follaein table represents the chynge o the population in the province efter Warld War II:
| Lovech Province | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1946 | 1956 | 1965 | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 217,203 | 214,213 | 217,342 | 216,844 | 202,968 | 190,262 | 169,951 | 160,202 | 156,437 | 151,153 | 139,896 |
| Soorces: Naitional Stateestical Institute,[1] „Census 2001“,[2] „Census 2011“,[3] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,?? | |||||||||||
Releegion eedit
Releegious adherence in the province accordin tae 2001 census:[8]
| Census 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| releegious adherence | population | % |
| Orthodox Christians | 146,778 | 86.36% |
| Muslims | 10,501 | 6.18% |
| Roman Catholics | 366 | 0.22% |
| Protestants | 879 | 0.52% |
| Ither | 688 | 0.40% |
| Releegion no mentioned | 10,739 | 6.32% |
| total | 169,951 | 100% |
Leid eedit
In the 2001 census, 168,307 fowk identified ane o the follaein as their mither tongue (wi percentage o total population): 154,157 Bulgarie (90.7%), 6,994 Turkis (4.1%), 6,033 Roma (Gypsy) (3.5%), an 1,123 ither (0.7%).[9]
Ethnic groups eedit
In the 2001 census, 167,877 fowk frae Lovech province identifee'd thairsels as belangin tae ane o the follaein ethnic groups (wi percentage o total population):[10]
| Ethnic group | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgarie | 152,194 | 89.552% |
| Turkis | 8,476 | 4.987% |
| Roma (Gypsy) | 6,316 | 3.716% |
| Roushie | 269 | 0.158% |
| Armenie | 12 | 0.007% |
| Vlachs | 458 | 0.269% |
| Macedonie | 7 | 0.004% |
| Greek | 21 | 0.012% |
| Ukrainian | 29 | 0.017% |
| Jewish | 1 | 0.001% |
| Romanie | 3 | 0.002% |
| Ither | 91 | 0.054% |
References eedit
- ↑ a b c d (in Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ a b c d (in Inglis) „WorldCityPopulation“
- ↑ a b c „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ↑ (in Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ↑ (in Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
- ↑ (in Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009 Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ (in Bulgarie) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001
- ↑ (in Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Mother Tongue from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
- ↑ (in Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Ethnic Group from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
See an aw eedit
- Provinces o Bulgarie
- Municipalities o Bulgarie
- Leet o ceeties an touns in Bulgarie
- Leet o veelages in Lovech Province