Yablanitsa Municipality () is a small municipality (obshtina) in Lovech Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located in the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan, north of Stara Planina mountain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Yablanitsa.
The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 6,427 inhabitants, as of December 2009. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
As of 2010, the west operating part of Hemus motorway ends near the main town. The motorway is planned to connect the capital city of Sofia with the port of Varna on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.
Settlements
Yablanitsa Municipality includes the following 9 places (towns are shown in bold): Town/Village Cyrillic Population Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009(December 2009) Yablanitsa Ябланица 2,896 Batultsi Батулци 205 Brestnitsa Брестница 1,062 Dobrevtsi Добревци 547 Dabravata Дъбравата 88 Golyama Brestnitsa Голяма Брестница 182 Malak Izvor Малък извор 243 Oreshene Орешене 332 Zlatna Panega Златна Панега 872 Total 6,427
Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Vital statistics The municipality of Yablanitsa has one of the highest birth rate in Bulgaria. Especially Roma people in some villages tend to have high fertility rates. Population Live births Deaths Natural growth Birth rate (‰) Death rate (‰) Natural growth rate (‰) 2000 7,195 81 138 -57 11.3 19.2 -7.9 2001 6,822 91 136 -45 13.3 19.9 -6.6 2002 6,816 94 132 -38 13.8 19.4 -5.6 2003 6,836 102 116 -14 14.9 17.0 -2.0 2004 6,751 90 124 -34 13.3 18.4 -5.0 2005 6,705 95 114 -19 14.2 17.0 -2.8 2006 6,629 94 100 -6 14.2 15.1 -0.9 2007 6,556 89 98 -9 13.6 14.9 -1.4 2008 6,451 83 104 -21 12.9 16.1 -3.3 2009 6,427 102 92 10 15.9 14.3 1.6 2010 6,334 85 137 -52 13.4 21.6 -8.2 2011 6,210 82 100 -18 13.2 16.1 -2.9 2012 6,150 81 112 -31 13.2 18.2 -5.0 2013 6,092 85 106 -21 14.0 17.4 -3.4 2014 6,017 76 102 -26 12.6 17.0 -4.3 2015 5,971 66 103 -37 11.1 17.3 -6.2 2016 5,902 67 111 -44 11.4 18.8 -7.5 2017 5,786 82 136 -54 14.2 23.5 -9.3 2018 5,727 76 105 -29 13.3 18.3 -5.1 2019 5,607 58118 -6010.321.0-10.7 2020 5,742 77102-2513.417.8-4.4 2021 5,632 76150-7413.526.6-13.1
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
References
External links Official website