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 with a population, as of February 2011, of 269 752 inhabitants. The province's capital is the city of Pleven.
Naming
The following Bulgarian terms may be used:- Плевенска област
- Област Плевен
- Плевенски окръг, obsolete
- Окръг Плевен, obsolete
Geography
The province is part of the central Danubian Plain. It is crossed from south to north by the rivers Iskar, Vit, and Osam ; the river valleys are separated by limestone plateaus.Municipalities
The Pleven province contains 11 municipalities. The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town or village, and the population of each as of December 2009.| Municipality | Cyrillic | Pop. | Town/Village | Pop. |
| Belene | Белене | 10,908 | Belene | 8,905 |
| Gulyantsi | Гулянци | 13,561 | Gulyantsi | 3,432 |
| Dolna Mitropoliya | Долна Митрополия | 21,304 | Dolna Mitropoliya | 3,303 |
| Dolni Dabnik | Долни Дъбник | 14,438 | Dolni Dabnik | 4,761 |
| Levski | Левски | 21,487 | Levski | 10,571 |
| Nikopol | Никопол | 10,602 | Nikopol | 3,892 |
| Iskar | Искър | 7,717 | Iskar | 3,622 |
| Pleven | Плевен | 138,095 | Pleven | 111,426 |
| Pordim | Пордим | 7,114 | Pordim | 2,117 |
| Cherven Bryag | Червен бряг | 30,524 | Cherven Bryag | 13,856 |
| Knezha | Кнежа | 14,839 | Knezha | 11,191 |
Demographics
As of February 2011, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 266 144 of which are inhabitants aged over 60 years.Ethnic groups
Total population : 269,752Ethnic groups :
Identified themselves 240,265 persons:
A further 30,000 persons in Pleven Province did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
According to the 2001 census, the population of the province was 312,018, of which Bulgarians constitute an overwhelming majority of 280,475. 16,931 signed as Turks and 9,777 as Roma.