Knezha Municipality
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Knezha Municipality
| native_name = Община Кнежа
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_shield =
| image_map = Knezha Municipality Within Bulgaria.png
| map_caption = Knezha Municipality within Bulgaria and Pleven Province.
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{BUL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province {{smaller|(Oblast)}}
| subdivision_name1 = Pleven
| subdivision_type2 = Admin. centre {{smaller|(Obshtinski tsentar)}}
| subdivision_name2 = Knezha
| timezone = EET
| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = EEST
| utc_offset_DST = +3
| coordinates = {{coord|43|28|N|24|8|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}}
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 317.83
|population_as_of = December 2009
|population_total = 14,839
| population_density_km2 = auto
| website =
}}
Knezha Municipality ({{langx|bg|Община Кнежа}}) is a municipality (obshtina) in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Knezha.
The municipality embraces a territory of 317.83 km2 with a population, as of December 2009, of 14,839 inhabitants.{{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 }}
Settlements
{{Image label begin|image=Map of Knezha municipality (Pleven Province).png|width=264|thumb=1|float=right|caption=Knezha Municipality within Pleven Province}}
{{Image label small|x=1.23|y=1.07|scale=100|text=Image:Capital city marker.svgPleven}}
{{Image label small|x=0.30|y=1.32|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=0.1|y=1.40|scale=100|text=Cherven Bryag}}
{{Image label small|x=2.35|y=1.22|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=2.35|y=1.32|scale=100|text=Levski}}
{{Image label small|x=1.90|y=0.3|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=1.70|y=0.2|scale=100|text=Nikopol}}
{{Image label small|x=0.35|y=0.8|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=0.30|y=0.7|scale=100|text=Knezha}}
{{Image label small|x=2.35|y=0.4|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=2.15|y=0.5|scale=100|text=Belene}}
{{Image label small|x=1.17|y=0.9|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=0.90|y=0.8|scale=100|text=Dolna Mitropoliya}}
{{Image label end}}
(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 = Knezha
| 1975 = 22,031
| 1985 = 20,329
| 1992 = 18,640
| 2001 = 17,079
| 2005 = 15,932
| 2007 = 15,372
| 2009 = 14,839
| 2011 = ...
| ref 2 = [http://www.nsi.bg/Census2011/Census/Census.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 Knezha 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|79.8}}
{{bar percent|Catholicism|purple|0.9}}
{{bar percent|Protestantism|yellow|0.6}}
{{bar percent|Islam|green|0.5}}
{{bar percent|No religion|red|9.9}}
{{bar percent|Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable|gray|8.4}}
}}
See also
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081016185245/http://kneja.acstre.com/BG.php Knezha municipality website] {{in lang|bg}}
{{Pleven Province}}