Kula Municipality, Bulgaria
Kula Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Кула) is a municipality (obshtina) in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 10 km southwest of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Kula. The area borders on the Republic of Serbia to the west.
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Kula Municipality within Vidin Province
The municipality embraces a territory of 291 km with a population of 4,958 inhabitants, as of December 2009.
Settlements
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Chuprene
Belogradchik
Boynitsa
Bregovo
Gramada
Dimovo
Makresh
Novo Selo
Ruzhintsi
Kula Municipality includes the following 9 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (December 2009) |
---|---|---|
Kula | Кула | 3,287 |
Chichil | Чичил | 82 |
Golemanovo | Големаново | 136 |
Izvor Mahala | Извор махала | 107 |
Kosta Perchevo | Коста Перчево | 128 |
Poletkovtsi | Полетковци | 62 |
Staropatitsa | Старопатица | 387 |
Topolovets | Тополовец | 378 |
Tsar-Petrovo | Цар-Петрово | 391 |
Total | 4,958 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Kula Municipality | ||||||||
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Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 12,266 | 10,079 | 8,648 | 6,792 | 5,563 | 5,237 | 4,958 | 4,717 |
Sources: Census 2001, Census 2011, „pop-stat.mashke.org“, |
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:
An overwhelming majority of the population of Kula Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 87.5% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
See also
References
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ (in English)National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
- ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
External links
- Info website (in Bulgarian)