Vetovo Municipality
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Vetovo Municipality
| native_name = Община Ветово
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_shield =
| image_map = Vetovo Municipality Within Bulgaria.png
| map_caption = Vetovo Municipality within Bulgaria and Ruse Province.
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{BUL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province {{smaller|(Oblast)}}
| subdivision_name1 = Ruse
| subdivision_type2 = Admin. centre {{smaller|(Obshtinski tsentar)}}
| subdivision_name2 = Vetovo
| timezone = EET
| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = EEST
| utc_offset_DST = +3
| coordinates = {{coord|43|42|N|26|18|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}}
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 352.52
|population_as_of = December 2009
|population_total = 13,738
| population_density_km2 = auto
| website =
}}
Vetovo Municipality ({{langx|bg|Община Ветово}}) is a municipality (obshtina) in Ruse Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located in the western parts of Ludogorie geographical region, part of the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Vetovo.
The municipality embraces a territory of {{cvt|352.52|km2}} with a population of 13,738 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#cont |date=November 13, 2010 }}
The main road E70 crosses the area in the western part of the municipality, connecting the province centre of Ruse with the city of Razgrad and the eastern operating part of Hemus motorway.
Settlements
{{Image label begin|image=Map of Vetovo municipality (Ruse Province).png|width=264|thumb=1|float=right|caption=Vetovo Municipality within Ruse Province}}
{{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}}
{{Image label end}}
Vetovo Municipality includes the following 6 places (towns are shown in bold):
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Vetovo Municipality has comprised the former municipality of Senovo and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.
{{Table BG Municipality population
| municipality = Vetovo
| 1975 = 12,089
| 1985 = 11,583
| 1992 = 18,230
| 2001 = 18,774
| 2005 = 15,707
| 2007 = 15,367
| 2009 = 13,738
| 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 Vetovo 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|35.2}}
{{bar percent|Catholicism|purple|0.1}}
{{bar percent|Protestantism|yellow|0.0}}
{{bar percent|Islam|green|58.6}}
{{bar percent|No religion|red|1.1}}
{{bar percent|Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable|gray|5.0}}
}}
See also
References
External links
- [http://www.vetovo.com/ Official website] {{in lang|bg}}
{{Geographic Location
|Centre = Vetovo Municipality
|North = Ruse Municipality
|Northeast = Kubrat Municipality, Razgrad Province
|East = Kubrat Municipality, Razgrad Province
|Southeast = Razgrad Municipality, Razgrad Province
|South = Razgrad Municipality, Razgrad Province
|Southwest = Tsar Kaloyan Municipality, Razgrad Province
|West = Ivanovo Municipality, Ruse Province
|Northwest = Ruse Municipality
}}
{{Ruse Province}}