Pavlikeni Municipality is a municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 (obshtina) in Veliko Tarnovo Province

Veliko Tarnovo Province

Veliko Tarnovo is a province in the middle of the northern part of Bulgaria. Its capital city, Veliko Tarnovo, is of historical significance as it is known as the capital of Medieval Bulgaria...

, Central-North Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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, located mostly in the Danubian Plain

Danubian Plain (Bulgaria)

The Danubian Plain constitutes the northern part of Bulgaria, situated north of the Balkan Mountains and south of the Danube. Its western border is the Timok River and to the east it borders the Black Sea. The plain has an area of . It is about long and wide.The relief of the Danubian Plain is...

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

Pavlikeni

Pavlikeni is a town in Veliko Tarnovo Province, Northern Bulgaria, about 41 kilometers away from the city of Veliko Tarnovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Pavlikeni Municipality...

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The municipality embraces a territory of 622,56 km² with a population of 26,342 inhabitants, as of December 2009.

The Hemus motorway

Hemus motorway

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 is planned to cross the area, connecting the capital city of Sofia

Sofia

Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...

 with the port of Varna

Varna

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 on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast

Bulgarian Black Sea Coast

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Settlements

Pavlikeni Municipality includes the following 20 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village	Cyrillic	Population (December 2009)
Pavlikeni Pavlikeni Pavlikeni is a town in Veliko Tarnovo Province, Northern Bulgaria, about 41 kilometers away from the city of Veliko Tarnovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Pavlikeni Municipality...	Павликени	11,151
Batak	Батак	951
Butovo	Бутово	922
Byala Cherkva Byala Cherkva Byala Cherkva is a town in Pavlikeni Municipality part of Veliko Turnovo Province, Central-North Bulgaria. The settlement is located close to the town of Pavlikeni about 28 km away from the city of Veliko Tarnovo...	Бяла Черква	2,612
Dolna Lipnitsa	Долна Липница	806
Dimcha	Димча	411
Daskot	Дъскот	488
Gorna Lipnitsa	Горна Липница	646
Karaisen	Караисен	1,210
Lesicheri	Лесичери	571
Mihaltsi	Михалци	952
Musina	Мусина	242
Nedan	Недан	1,384
Patresh	Патреш	572
Paskalevets	Паскалевец	315
Rositsa	Росица	169
Slomer	Сломер	454
Stambolovo	Стамболово	831
Vishovgrad	Вишовград	367
Varbovka	Върбовка	1,288
Total		26,342

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

External links

• Official website