Tsar Kaloyan Municipality
Encyclopedia
Tsar Kaloyan Municipality is a small municipality
(obshtina) in Razgrad Province
, Northeastern Bulgaria
, located in the Danubian Plain
about 27 km southeast of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Tsar Kaloyan.
The municipality embraces a territory of 186.42 km² with a population of 6,314 inhabitants, as of December 2009.
The main road E70
crosses the area, connecting the province centre of Razgrad
with the city of Ruse and respectively the Danube Bridge with the eastern operating part of Hemus motorway
.
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 Razgrad Province
Razgrad Province
Razgrad Province , former name Razgrad okrug) is a province in Northeastern Bulgaria, geographically part of the Ludogorie region. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre - the town of Razgrad...
, 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 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...
about 27 km southeast of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Tsar Kaloyan.
The municipality embraces a territory of 186.42 km² with a population of 6,314 inhabitants, as of December 2009.
The main road E70
European route E70
European route E 70 is an A-Class West-East European route, extending from A Coruña in Spain in the west to the Georgian city of Poti in the east.-Itinerary:...
crosses the area, connecting the province centre of Razgrad
Razgrad
Razgrad is a city in northeastern Bulgaria, administrative and industrial centre of the homonymous Razgrad Province. As of February 2011, it has a population of 33,238 inhabitants.-History:...
with the city of Ruse and respectively the Danube Bridge with the eastern operating part of 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...
.
Settlements
Tsar Kaloyan Municipality includes the following 3 places (towns are shown in bold):| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Tsar Kaloyan | Цар Калоян | 3,856 |
| Ezerche Ezerche Ezerche is a village in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Tsar Kaloyan Municipality, Razgrad Province. It has a population of about 2,000. It was the birthplace of the artist Radi Nedelchev. The village is around from the capital of Sofia.... |
Езерче | 1,975 |
| Kostandenets | Костанденец | 483 |
| Total | 6,314 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.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