Apriltsi Municipality
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Apriltsi Municipality
| native_name = Община Априлци
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_shield =
| image_map = Apriltsi Municipality Within Bulgarial.png
| map_caption = Apriltsi Municipality within Bulgaria and Lovech Province.
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{BUL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province {{smaller|(Oblast)}}
| subdivision_name1 = Lovech
| subdivision_type2 = Admin. centre {{smaller|(Obshtinski tsentar)}}
| subdivision_name2 = Apriltsi
| timezone = EET
| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = EEST
| utc_offset_DST = +3
| coordinates = {{coord|42|48|N|24|54|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}}
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 240
|population_as_of = December 2009
|population_total = 3,554
| population_density_km2 = auto
| website =
}}
Apriltsi Municipality ({{langx|bg|Община Априлци}}) is a municipality (obshtina) in Lovech Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located from the northern slopes of the central Stara planina mountain to the area of the Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Apriltsi.
The municipality embraces a territory of {{cvt|240|km2}} with a population of 3,554 inhabitants, as of December 2009.{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1585#cont Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009]
The area covers parts of the Central Balkan National Park which is listed as Category 2 by The World Conservation Union (IUCN).
Settlements
{{Image label begin|image=Map of Apriltsi municipality (Lovech Province).png|width=264|thumb=1|float=right|caption=Apriltsi Municipality within Lovech Province}}
{{Image label small|x=1.47|y=0.70|scale=100|text=Image:Capital city marker.svgLovech}}
{{Image label small|x=1.97|y=1.55|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=2.03|y=1.60|scale=100|text=Apriltsi}}
{{Image label small|x=1.53|y=1.40|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=1.4|y=1.47|scale=100|text=Troyan}}
{{Image label small|x=0.65|y=1.30|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=0.58|y=1.38|scale=100|text=Teteven}}
{{Image label small|x=0.50|y=0.48|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=0.45|y=0.57|scale=100|text=Lukovit}}
{{Image label small|x=1.00|y=0.80|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=0.85|y=0.87|scale=100|text=Ugarchin}}
{{Image label small|x=2.28|y=0.27|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=2.25|y=0.35|scale=100|text=Letnitsa}}
{{Image label small|x=0.42|y=1.08|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=0.25|y=1.00|scale=100|text=Yablanitsa}}
{{Image label end}}
Apriltsi Municipality includes the following 4 places (towns are shown in bold):
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
{{Table BG Municipality population
| municipality = Apriltsi
| 1975 = 6,203
| 1985 = 5,313
| 1992 = 4,720
| 2001 = 4,137
| 2005 = 3,788
| 2007 = 3,647
| 2009 = 3,554
| 2011 = ...
| ref 3 = [http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-division.htm „pop-stat.mashke.org“]
}}
= 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:
{{bar box
|width=300px
|title=Religious composition of Apriltsi Municipality {{cite web|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-religion2011.htm|title=Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011|website=pop-stat.mashke.org}}
|titlebar=#ddd
|bars=
{{bar percent|Orthodox Christianity|blue|96.8}}
{{bar percent|Catholicism|purple|0.4}}
{{bar percent|Protestantism|yellow|0.0}}
{{bar percent|Islam|green|0.2}}
{{bar percent|No religion|red|1.2}}
{{bar percent|Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable|gray|1.4}}
}}
See also
References
External links
- [http://www.obshtina-apriltsi.com/ Official website] {{in lang|bg}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110405081002/http://xn--80aqalsg8b.net/ Apriltsi Info Portal ]
{{Lovech Province}}