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Pleven Province Pleven Province or
Pleven Oblast is a
province located in central northern
Bulgaria , bordering the
Danube river,
Romania and the
Bulgarian provinces of
Vratsa ,
Veliko Tarnovo and
Lovech . Pleven Province embraces a territory of 4,333.54 km² and a population of 310,449. The capital is the city of
Pleven .
The following
Bulgarian terms may be used:
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Плевенска област /Plevenska oblast/
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Област Плевен /Oblast Pleven/
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Плевенски окръг /Plevenski okrag/ - obsolete
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Окръг Плевен /Okrag Pleven/ - obsolete
The province is part of the Danubian plain. It is crossed from south to north by the rivers
Iskar ,
Vit and
Osam (from west to east); the river valleys are separated by limestone plateaus.
Map of Pleven Province with municipial centres marked
Pleven Province is subdivided into the following
municipalities (
община /obshtina/). All towns (in
bold ) and villages are listed.
* Belene municipality:
Belene ,
Byala Voda ,
Dekov ,
Kulina Voda ,
Petokladentsi ,
Tatari * Gulyantsi municipality:
Brest, Pleven Province ,
Gigen ,
Iskar ,
Gulyantsi ,
Dolni Vit ,
Dabovan ,
Zagrazhden ,
Kreta ,
Lenkovo ,
Milkovitsa ,
Somovit ,
Shiyakovo * Dolna Mitropoliya municipality:
Baykal ,
Bivolare ,
Bozhuritsa ,
Bregare ,
Gorna Mitropoliya ,
Gostilya ,
Dolna Mitropoliya ,
Komarevo ,
Krushovene ,
Orehovitsa ,
Pobeda ,
Podem ,
Riben ,
Slavovitsa ,
Stavertsi ,
Trastenik * Dolni Dabnik municipality:
Barkach ,
Gorni Dabnik ,
Gradina ,
Dolni Dabnik ,
Krushovitsa ,
Petarnitsa ,
Sadovets * Levski municipality:
Asenovtsi ,
Asparuhovo ,
Bozhurluk ,
Balgarene ,
Varana ,
Gradishte ,
Izgrev ,
Kozar Belene ,
Levski ,
Malchika ,
Obnova ,
Stezherovo ,
Tranchovitsa * Nikopol municipality:
Asenovo ,
Batsova Mahala ,
Vubel ,
Debovo ,
Dragash Voyvoda ,
Evlogievo ,
Zhernov ,
Lozitsa ,
Lyubenovo ,
Muselievo ,
Nikopol ,
Novachene ,
Sanadinovo ,
Cherkovitsa * Iskar municipality:
Dolni Lukovit ,
Iskar ,
Pisarovo ,
Staroseltsi * Pleven municipality:
Beglezh ,
Bohot ,
Brestovets ,
Brashlyanitsa ,
Bukovlak ,
Varbitsa ,
Gortalovo ,
Grivitsa ,
Disevitsa ,
Koilovtsi ,
Kartozhabene ,
Kashin ,
Laskar ,
Mechka ,
Nikolaevo ,
Opanets ,
Pelishat ,
Pleven ,
Radishevo ,
Ralevo ,
Slavyanovo ,Todorovo ,
Tuchenitsa ,
Tarnene ,
Yasen * Pordim municipality:
Borislav ,
Valchi Tran ,
Zgalevo ,
Kamenets ,
Kateritsa ,
Odarne ,
Pordim ,
Totleben * Cherven Bryag municipality:
Breste ,
Glava ,
Gornik ,
Deventsi ,
Koynare ,Lepitsa ,
Radomirtsi ,
Rakita ,
Reselets ,
Ruptsi ,
Suhache ,
Telish ,
Cherven Bryag ,
Chomakovtsi * Knezha municipality:
Brenitsa ,
Enitsa ,
Knezha ,
Lazarovo According to the 2001 census, the population of the province is 311,985, of which
Bulgarians constitute an overwhelming majority of 280,475. 16,931 signed as
Turks (though this number very likely also includes many
Roma ) and 9,777 as Roma.
In terms of religion, 275,112 declared to be
Eastern Orthodox , 15,681
Muslim and 7,065
Roman Catholic (second largest number in the country).
283,626 people specified Bulgarian as their mother tongue, 14,947 declared to speak
Turkish at home, while the native speakers of
Roma are 8,861.
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Pleven Municipality *
Pleven Province
