Cherven Bryag Municipality () is a municipality (obshtina) in Pleven Province, northwestern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Cherven Bryag.Official website of Cherven Bryag municipality With a population of 30,524, as of December 2009, Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 it is the second largest municipality in the province."Municipality Cherven bryag"
The municipality is located by the right side of the Iskar River, close to the inlet of Zlatna Panega River. It has area of .
It borders with Lukovit, Roman, Dolni Dabnik, Iskar, Knezha and Byala Slatina municipalities. The Sofia - Rousse highway and Sofia-Varna railroad pass through municipality.
The municipality has 37 protected areas, including Kuklite ("The Dolls") rock formations on the lands of Resselets village; Kaleto tectonic ridge on the lands of Reselets village; Skoka waterfall on the lands of Reselets; Haydoushka cave near Deventsi; Sedlarkata Rock Bridge on the lands of Rakita; Neolithic settlements near Telish, Thracian settlements in Chomakovtsi, Roman cites near Resselets and Chomakovtsi.
Settlements
SettlementCyrillicPostal codeStatusPopulation 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)BresteБресте5992village440GlavaГлава5985village1,397GornikГорник5991village1,250DeventsiДевенци5995village775KoynareКойнаре5986town4,464LepitsaЛепица5987village458RadomirtsiРадомирци5997village1,523RakitaРакита5998village938ReseletsРеселец5993village1,061RuptsiРупци5994village1,237SuhacheСухаче5988village751TelishТелиш5990village1,166Cherven BryagЧервен бряг5980town, capital13,856ChomakovtsiЧомаковци5989village1208total30,524
Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
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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