Dolna Mitropoliya Municipality () is a municipality (obshtina) in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It embraces a territory of with a population, as of December 2009, of 21,304 inhabitants. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 The administrative centre of the area is the homonymous town of Dolna Mitropoliya.
The northern boundary of the municipality is the Danube River, and the 10,926 hectare Natura 2000 Reka Vit Special Protection Area for preservation of avian habitat is located there.Natura 2000 Bulgaria Database: Река Вит
Settlements
(towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village Cyrillic Population Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009(December 2009) Dolna Mitropoliya Долна Митрополия 3,303 Baykal Байкал 562 Bivolare Биволаре 627 Bozhuritsa Божурица 1,102 Bregare Брегаре 637 Gorna Mitropoliya Горна Митрополия 1,827 Gostilya Гостиля 279 Komarevo Комарево 1,224 Krushovene Крушовене 1,054 Orehovitsa Ореховица 1,440 Pobeda Победа 517 Podem Подем 1,023 Riben Рибен 769 Slavovitsa Славовица 573 Stavertsi Ставерци 1,848 Trastenik Тръстеник 4,519 Total 21,304
Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Dolna Mitropoliya Municipality has comprised the former municipality of Podem and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.
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:
See also Provinces of Bulgaria Municipalities of Bulgaria List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
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