Byala Municipality () is a municipality (obshtina) in Ruse Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 20 km southeast of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Byala.
The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 14,962 inhabitants, as of December 2009. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
The area is crossroads of some of the main directions in the country - road E85, road E83, I-51 and I-52, which connect the province centre of Ruse with the cities of Veliko Tarnovo, Pleven, Svishtov and respectively the country capital of Sofia and Shipka pass. Yantra river flows through the area from south to north.
Settlements
Byala Municipality includes the following 11 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) Byala Бяла 9,015 Bistrentsi Бистренци 395 Bosilkovtsi Босилковци 669 Botrov Ботров 319 Dryanovets Дряновец 748 Koprivets Копривец 884 Lom Cherkovna Лом Черковна 462 Pet Kladentsi Пет кладенци 64 Peychinovo Пейчиново 343 Polsko Kosovo Полско Косово 1,686 Starmen Стърмен 377 Total 14,962
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