Targovishte Municipality
Encyclopedia
Targovishte Municipality is a municipality
(obshtina) in Targovishte Province
, Northeastern Bulgaria
, located in the transition between the Danubian Plain
and the area of the so called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the city of Targovishte
which is also the capital of the province.
The municipality embraces a territory of 872 km² with a population of 60,497 inhabitants, as of December 2009. The Hemus motorway
is planned to cross the area north of the main city.
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 Targovishte Province
Targovishte Province
Targovishte Province is a province in northeastern Bulgaria, named after its main city - Targovishte. As of December 2009, it has a population of 129,675 inhabitants.-Municipalities:...
, Northeastern Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, located in the transition between 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...
and the area of the so called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the city of Targovishte
Targovishte
Targovishte is a city in Bulgaria, capital of Targovishte Province. It is situated at the northern foot of the low mountain of Preslav on both banks of the Vrana River. The town is 335 km away to the north-east from the capital Sofia and about 125 km to the west from the city of Varna...
which is also the capital of the province.
The municipality embraces a territory of 872 km² with a population of 60,497 inhabitants, as of December 2009. The Hemus motorway
Hemus motorway
The Hemus motorway or Haemus motorway , designated A2, is a motorway currently under construction in Bulgaria. Its planned length is 433 km, of which 129 km are in operation , divided into two sections — Sofia-Yablanitsa and Varna-Shumen...
is planned to cross the area north of the main city.
Settlements
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Razboyna, Targovishte Province Razboyna is a village located in the northeastern part of Bulgaria in Targovishte Municipality, Targovishte Province.Razboyna is situated at the northern foot of the Preslav Mountain just by the ring road of Targovishte. The village lies in the vicinity of the Polyanitsa Reservoir... - Разбойна - 465 Vardun Vardun is a village in Targovishte Municipality, Targovishte Province, Bulgaria.Until the eighties of the past century Vardun had over 300 Bulgarian dwellings and only several gipsy’s . There were not any Turks living in Vardun as yet. Later on urbanization processes incited movements toward chief... - Вардун - 1,013 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Targovishte Municipality has comprised the former municipalities of Dralfa and Makariopolsko and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.See also
- Provinces of BulgariaProvinces of BulgariaSince 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 BulgariaMunicipalities of BulgariaThe 28 provinces of Bulgaria are divided into 264 municipalities .-Blagoevgrad Province:# Bansko Municipality # Belitsa Municipality # Blagoevgrad Municipality...
- List of cities and towns in Bulgaria