Nikopol Municipality ( bg, Община Никопол ) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

('' obshtina'') in the northern part of

Pleven Province Pleven Province ( bg, Област Плевен or Плевенска Област) is a province located in central northern Bulgaria, bordering the Danube river, Romania and the Bulgarian provinces of Vratsa, Veliko Tarnovo and Lovech. It i ...

, in northern

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. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Nikopol. The municipality embraces a territory of Nikopol
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with a population, as of December 2009, of 10,602 inhabitants.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
Its northern border is by the

Danube River The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , pa ...

, bordering with

Turnu Măgurele Turnu Măgurele () is a city in Teleorman County, Romania, in the historical region of Muntenia. Developed nearby the site once occupied by the medieval port of Turnu, it is situated north-east of the confluence between the Olt River and the Da ...

municipality of

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. The municipality also borders with

Belene Municipality Belene Municipality ( bg, Община Белене) is a municipality ('' obshtina'') in Pleven Province, northern Bulgaria. It is located along the south bank of Danube river, by the border with Romania. The administrative centre of the area is ...

on the East, Livski and Pordim municipalities on the South, Pleven municipality on the Southwest and

Gulyantsi Municipality Gulyantsi Municipality ( bg, Община Гулянци) is a municipality ('' obshtina'') in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river, by the border with Romania. It is named after its administrative cen ...

on the West. Besides the Danube, which defines the

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of the area, the

Osam The Osam ( bg, Осъм ) is a river in northern Bulgaria. Its drainage basin is in between that of the river Vit to the west and the Yantra system to the east. Поречието на р. Осъм The river has two main tributaries in its upper ...

river and some minor rivers flow within the municipality. There are plans to develop common cultural tourism program that encompass the Nikopol and Turnu Măgurele municipalities. Unlike Turnu Măgurele, Nikopol municipality has poorly developed tourism infrastructure."Nikopol Develops Cultural Tourism together with Turnu Măgurele"
'' Dnevnik'', August 26, 2008

Settlements

(towns are shown in bold):

Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.

Vital statistics

The municipality of Nikopol has a low

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and a high

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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:

References

{{Authority control Municipalities in Pleven Province

Settlements

Demography

Vital statistics

Religion

See also

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