Cherven Bryag Municipality is a municipality

Municipality

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 (obshtina) in Pleven Province

Pleven Province

Pleven Province is a province located in central northern Bulgaria, bordering the Danube river, Romania and the Bulgarian provinces of Vratsa, Veliko Tarnovo and Lovech. It is divided into 11 subdivisions, called municipalities, that embrace a territory of 4,333.54 km² with a population, as...

, northwestern Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Cherven Bryag

Cherven Bryag

Cherven Bryag is a town in northern Bulgaria, a capital of the Cherven Bryag municipality, Pleven Province. It is situated on the right shore of the Zlatna Panega in river Iskar, 137 km north-east of Sofia, 53 km south-west of Pleven, 12 km north-west of Lukovit, 56 km east...

. With a population of 30,524, as of December 2009, it is the second largest municipality in the province.

The municipality is located by the right side of the Iskar River, close to the inlet of Zlatna Panega River

Zlatna Panega River

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. It has area of 584 km².

It borders with Lukovit

Lukovit Municipality

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, Roman, Dolni Dabnik

Dolni Dabnik Municipality

Dolni Dabnik Municipality is a municipality in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Dolni Dabnik....

, Iskar

Iskar Municipality

Iskar Municipality is a municipality in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Iskar....

, Knezha

Knezha Municipality

Knezha Municipality is a municipality in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Knezha....

 and Byala Slatina municipalities. The Sofia

Sofia

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 - Rousse

Rousse

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 highway and Sofia-Varna

Varna

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 railroad pass through municipality.

The municipality has 37 protected area

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s, 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, Thracia

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n settlements in Chomakovtsi, Roman

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 cites near Resselets and Chomakovtsi.

Settlements

Settlement	Cyrillic	Postal code	Status	Population (December 2009)
Breste	Бресте	5992	village	440
Glava	Глава	5985	village	1,397
Gornik	Горник	5991	village	1,250
Deventsi	Девенци	5995	village	775
Koynare Koynare Koynare is a town in northern Bulgaria, part of Cherven Bryag Municipality, Pleven Province. It lies on the left bank of the Iskar River, at one of the river's meanders. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 4,464 inhabitants....	Койнаре	5986	town	4,464
Lepitsa Lepitsa Lepitsa is a village in northwestern Bulgaria situated in the Cherven Bryag Municipality, Pleven Province. It has a population of 503 and has recently gained some fame through its football team FC Svetoslav founded in 2007 and funded by the population of the village.Lepitsa Peak on Trinity...	Лепица	5987	village	458
Radomirtsi	Радомирци	5997	village	1,523
Rakita	Ракита	5998	village	938
Reselets	Реселец	5993	village	1,061
Ruptsi	Рупци	5994	village	1,237
Suhache	Сухаче	5988	village	751
Telish	Телиш	5990	village	1,166
Cherven Bryag Cherven Bryag Cherven Bryag is a town in northern Bulgaria, a capital of the Cherven Bryag municipality, Pleven Province. It is situated on the right shore of the Zlatna Panega in river Iskar, 137 km north-east of Sofia, 53 km south-west of Pleven, 12 km north-west of Lukovit, 56 km east...	Червен бряг	5980	town, capital	13,856
Chomakovtsi	Чомаковци	5989	village	1208
			total	30,524

Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.

See also

• Provinces of Bulgaria
  Provinces of Bulgaria
  Since 1999, Bulgaria has been divided into 28 provinces which correspond approximately to the 28 districts that existed before 1987. In 1987, during the Communist regime of Todor Zhivkov, the districts were consolidated into nine larger provinces , which survived until 1999.Each province is named...
  
  
• Municipalities of Bulgaria
  Municipalities of Bulgaria
  The 28 provinces of Bulgaria are divided into 264 municipalities .-Blagoevgrad Province:# Bansko Municipality # Belitsa Municipality # Blagoevgrad Municipality...
  
  
• List of cities and towns in Bulgaria