Lukovit Municipality
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Lukovit Municipality
| native_name = Община Луковит
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_shield =
| image_map = Lukoviti Municipality Within Bulgarial.png
| map_caption = Lukovit 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 = Lukovit
| timezone = EET
| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = EEST
| utc_offset_DST = +3
| coordinates = {{coord|43|10|N|24|10|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}}
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 454.22
|population_as_of = December 2009
|population_total = 19,469
| population_density_km2 = auto
| website =
}}
Lukovit Municipality ({{langx|bg|Община Луковит}}) is a municipality (obshtina) in Lovech Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located from the Fore-Balkan area to the southern parts of Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Lukovit.
The municipality embraces a territory of {{cvt|454.22|km2}} with a population of 19,469 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 west operating part of Hemus motorway is planned to continue through the area linking the province centre Lovech.
Settlements
{{Image label begin|image=Map of Lukovit municipality (Lovech Province).png|width=264|thumb=1|float=right|caption=Lukovit 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}}
Lukovit Municipality includes the following 12 places (towns are shown in bold):
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Lukovit Municipality has comprised the former municipality of Dermantsi and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.
{{Table BG Municipality population
| municipality = Lukovit
| 1975 = 16,973
| 1985 = 15,631
| 1992 = 23,783
| 2001 = 21,466
| 2005 = 20,371
| 2007 = 19,934
| 2009 = 19,469
| 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 Lukovit 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|65.0}}
{{bar percent|Catholicism|purple|0.8}}
{{bar percent|Protestantism|yellow|4.6}}
{{bar percent|Islam|green|2.8}}
{{bar percent|No religion|red|13.3}}
{{bar percent|Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable|gray|13.3}}
}}
See also
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110714012244/http://www.lukovit.com/bg/ Official website] {{in lang|bg}}
{{Lovech Province}}