Glavinitsa Municipality


Glavinitsa Municipality is a municipality in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain in the area of the South Dobrudzha geographical region. It is named after its administrative centre – the town of Glavinitsa.
The municipality embraces a territory of 481.23 km² with a population of 12,610 inhabitants, as of December 2009.
The main road II-21 crosses the area from east to west, connecting the province centre of Silistra with the city of Ruse.

Settlements

Glavinitsa Municipality includes the following 23 places all of them villages:
Town/VillageCyrillicPopulation
GlavinitsaГлавиница1,928
BashtinoБащино167
BogdantsiБогданци699
ChernogorЧерногор451
DichevoДичево471
Dolno RyahovoДолно Ряхово405
KalugereneКалугерене551
KolarovoКоларово369
KosaraКосара213
ListetsЛистец583
Malak PreslavetsМалък Преславец365
NozharevoНожарево572
OsenОсен144
PadinaПадина415
PodlesПодлес187
SokolСокол353
KosaraСтефан Караджа1,031
SuhodolСуходол775
ValkanВълкан383
ZaritsaЗарица446
ZafirovoЗафирово933
ZvenimirЗвенимир454
ZebilЗебил715
Total12,610

Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Glavinitsa Municipality has comprised the former municipality of General Zafirovo and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.

Ethnic groups

Ethnic Turks constitute the majority of the population of Glavinitsa Municipality, followed by a large Bulgarian minority and a small Roma community.

Demographic indicators

The municipality of Glavinitsa is losing many inhabitants. Last decade, the number of births decreased slightly while the number of deaths increased significantly.
PopulationLive birthsDeathsNatural growthBirth rate Death rate Natural growth rate
200014,662126203−778.613.8−5.3
200113,743126201−759.214.6−5.5
200213,693114244−1308.317.8−9.5
200313,564118201−838.714.8−6.1
200413,40091184−936.813.7−6.9
200513,298110193−838.314.5−6.2
200613,07793201−1087.115.48.3
200712,959122203−819.415.7−6.3
200812,767116209−939.116.4−7.3
200912,610122162−409.712.8−3.2
201012,44598184−867.914.8−6.9
201110,79795198−1038.818.3−9.5
201210,64296208−1129.019.5−10.5
201310,553103171−689.816.2−6.4
2014 10,407 93202−1098.919.4−10.5
201510,36098197999.519.0−9.6
201610,24391166−758.916.2−7.3
201710,08582169−878.116.8−8.6
20189,89773206-1337.420.8-13.4

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: