Gulyantsi Municipality


Gulyantsi Municipality is a municipality in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river, by the border with Romania. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Gulyantsi. As of December 2009, the municipality has a total population of 13,561 inhabitants.
The main cultural sight in the municipality are the ruins of the large Ancient Roman city of Ulpia Oescus.
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Geography

Gulyantsi municipality has an area of 458 square kilometres, of which 70% is arable. The region is flat, with elevation ranging from 30 to 50 metres above sea level. The northern boundary of the municipality is the Danube River, between river kilometres 604 and 639.

Settlements

Town/VillageCyrillicPopulation
GulyantsiГулянци3,432
BrestБрест2,235
GigenГиген2,192
IskarИскър362
Dolni VitДолни Вит519
DabovanДъбован571
ZagrazhdenЗагражден474
KretaКрета331
LenkovoЛенково451
MilkovitsaМилковица1,889
SomovitСомовит721
ShiyakovoШияково384
Total13,561

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: