Nikopol Municipality () is a municipality (obshtina) in the northern part of Pleven Province, in northern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Nikopol. The municipality embraces a territory of Nikopol at Guide-BulgariaObshtina Nikopol with a population, as of December 2009, of 10,602 inhabitants. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
Its northern border is by the Danube River, bordering with Turnu Măgurele municipality of Romania. The municipality also borders with Belene Municipality on the East, Livski and Pordim municipalities on the South, Pleven municipality on the Southwest and Gulyantsi Municipality on the West.
Besides the Danube, which defines the hydrography of the area, the Osam river and some minor rivers flow within the municipality.
There are plans to develop common cultural tourism program that encompass the Nikopol and Turnu Măgurele municipalities. Unlike Turnu Măgurele, Nikopol municipality has poorly developed tourism infrastructure."Nikopol Develops Cultural Tourism together with Turnu Măgurele", Dnevnik, August 26, 2008
Settlements
(towns are shown in bold): Town/Village Cyrillic Population (2011) Nikopol Никопол 3,186 Asenovo Асеново 290 Batsova mahala Бацова махала 471 Vabel Въбел 740 Debovo Дебово 588 Dragash voyvoda Драгаш войвода 573 Evlogievo Евлогиево 104 Zhernov Жернов 100 Lozitsa Лозица 264 Lyubenovo Любеново 209 Muselievo Муселиево 762 Novachene Новачене 1,187 Sanadinovo Санадиново 356 Cherkovitsa Черковица 466 Total 9,296
Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Vital statistics The municipality of Nikopol has a low birth rate and a high death rate. Population Live births Deaths Natural growth Birth rate (‰) Death rate (‰) Natural growth rate (‰) 2000 14,254 103 317 -214 7.2 22.2 -15.0 2001 13,400 100 355 -255 7.5 26.5 -19.0 2002 12,983 96 337 -241 7.4 26.0 -18.6 2003 12,662 86 294 -208 6.8 23.2 -16.4 2004 12,296 90 244 -154 7.3 19.8 -12.5 2005 11,909 90 290 -200 7.6 24.4 -16.8 2006 11,545 73 293 -220 6.3 25.4 -19.1 2007 11,264 66 292 -226 5.9 25.9 -20.1 2008 10,897 88 270 -182 8.1 24.8 -16.1 2009 10,602 92 266 -174 8.7 25.1 -16.4 2010 10,366 65 230 -165 6.3 22.2 -15.9 2011 9,205 76 245 -169 8.3 26.6 -18.4 2012 9,019 71 213 -142 7.9 23.6 -15.7 2013 8,835 74 214 -140 8.4 24.2 -15.8 2014 8,684 59 224 -165 6.8 25.8 -19.0 2015 8,538 54 248 -194 6.3 29.0 -22.7 2016 8,332 61 231 -170 7.3 27.7 -20.4 2017 8,123 66 214 -148 8.1 26.3 -18.2 2018 7,925 56 197 -141 7.1 24.9 -17.8
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:
See also Provinces of Bulgaria Municipalities of Bulgaria List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
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