Ivanovo Municipality
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Ivanovo Municipality
| native_name = Община Иваново
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = Rocks in Rusenski Lom.jpg
| image_caption = Rocks in Rusenski Lom Nature Park
| image_shield =
| image_map = Ivanovo Municipality Within Bulgaria.png
| map_caption = Ivanovo Municipality within Bulgaria and Ruse Province.
| coordinates = {{coord|43|41|N|25|57|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{BUL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province {{smaller|(Oblast)}}
| subdivision_name1 = Ruse
| subdivision_type2 = Admin. centre {{smaller|(Obshtinski tsentar)}}
| subdivision_name2 = Ivanovo
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 495.45
| population_total = 10,339
| population_as_of = December 2009
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone = EET
| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = EEST
| utc_offset_DST = +3
| website =
}}
Ivanovo Municipality ({{langx|bg|Община Иваново}}) is a municipality (obshtina) in Ruse Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Ivanovo.
The municipality covers a territory of {{cvt|495.45|km2}} with a population of 10,339 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] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113165626/http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1585 |date=2010-11-13 }}
The area is best known with the Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo which is an UNESCO World Heritage Site. Other important sights in the municipality include the medieval Bulgarian fortress of Cherven, which reached its apogee in the 13th and 14th centuries and features a well-preserved keep from the 14th century, and the Rusenski Lom Nature Park.
The population is predominantly Bulgarian (83.5%), with Turkish (9.4%), Romani (5.9%) and other minorities (1.2%, mostly Tatars in the village of Trastenik).{{in lang|bg}} [http://www.ivanovo.bg/index.php?act=13 Ivanovo official web site]
The main road E85 crosses the area from south to north, connecting the province centre of Ruse with the cities of Veliko Tarnovo and respectively Pleven and Sofia.
Settlements
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{{Image label small|x=1.30|y=0.70|scale=100|text=Image:Capital city marker.svgRuse}}
{{Image label small|x=1.95|y=0.45|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=1.85|y=0.37|scale=100|text=Slivo Pole}}
{{Image label small|x=1.00|y=1.90|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=0.95|y=1.82|scale=100|text=Borovo}}
{{Image label small|x=0.82|y=1.95|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=0.55|y=2.00|scale=100|text=Byala}}
{{Image label small|x=2.07|y=1.20|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=2.05|y=1.12|scale=100|text=Vetovo}}
{{Image label small|x=1.15|y=1.55|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=1.13|y=1.65|scale=100|text=Dve Mogili}}
{{Image label small|x=1.38|y=1.22|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=1.25|y=1.30|scale=100|text=Ivanovo}}
{{Image label small|x=0.62|y=1.70|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=0.38|y=1.62|scale=100|text=Tsenovo}}
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| caption = Ivanovo Municipality within Ruse Province
}}
Ivanovo Municipality includes the following 13 places (towns are shown in bold):
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Ivanovo Municipality has comprised the former municipality of Shtraklevo and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.
{{Table BG Municipality population
| municipality = Ivanovo
| 1975 = 11,994
| 1985 = 9,872
| 1992 = 14,801
| 2001 = 11,092
| 2005 = 11,229
| 2007 = 10,919
| 2009 = 10,339
| 2011 = ...
| ref 2 = {{in lang|en}}[http://www.nsi.bg/Census_e/Census_e.htm National Statistical Institute - Census 2001]
| 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 Ivanovo 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|73.9}}
{{bar percent|Catholicism|purple|0.6}}
{{bar percent|Protestantism|yellow|0.5}}
{{bar percent|Islam|green|16.2}}
{{bar percent|No religion|red|2.6}}
{{bar percent|Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable|gray|6.2}}
}}
See also
References
{{reflist|30em}}
External links
- [http://www.ivanovo.bg/ Ivanovo municipality website] {{in lang|bg}}
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Ivanovo Municipality
| North = Ruse Municipality
| Northeast =
| East = Vetovo Municipality, Ruse Province
| Southeast = Tsar Kaloyan Municipality, Razgrad Province
| South = Dve Mogili Municipality, Ruse Province
| Southwest = Borovo Municipality, Ruse Province
| West = Tsenovo Municipality, Ruse Province
| Northwest = {{flag|Romania}} beyond the Danube river
}}
{{Ruse Province}}