Svishtov Municipality () is a municipality (obshtina) in Veliko Tarnovo Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain along the right bank of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Svishtov.
The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 49,817 inhabitants, as of December 2009. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
Settlements
Svishtov Municipality includes the following 16 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) Svishtov Свищов 35,923 Alekovo Алеково 688 Aleksandrovo Александрово 289 Balgarsko Slivovo Българско Сливово 1,390 Chervena Червена 435 Delyanovtsi Деляновци 167 Dragomirovo Драгомирово 740 Gorna Studena Горна Студена 550 Hadzhidimitrovo Хаджидимитрово 831 Kozlovets Козловец 1,492 Morava Морава 1,200 Ovcha Mogila Овча могила 1,721 Oresh Ореш 1,779 Sovata Совата 256 Tsarevets Царевец 1,195 Vardim Вардим 1,161 Total 49,817
Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
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