Cherven Bryag Municipality () is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
(''
obshtina'') in
Pleven Province, northwestern
Bulgaria
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. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of
Cherven Bryag.
[Official website of Cherven Bryag municipality]
With a population of 30,524, as of December 2009,
[Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009]
it is the second largest municipality in the province.
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The municipality is located by the right side of the Iskar River, close to the inlet of Zlatna Panega River. It has area of .[
It borders with Lukovit, Roman, ]Dolni Dabnik
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, Iskar Iskar may refer to:
;Bulgaria
* Iskar (river), a river in western Bulgaria
* Iskar Reservoir, situated on the Iskar River
* Iskar (town), a town in the Iskar Municipality of the Pleven Province
* Iskar Municipality
* Iskar, Sofia, one of 24 munici ...
, Knezha and Byala Slatina municipalities. The Sofia
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- Rousse
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highway and Sofia- Varna railroad pass through municipality.[
The municipality has 37 ]protected area
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s, including Kuklite ("The Dolls") rock formations on the lands of Resselets village; Kaleto tectonic ridge on the lands of Reselets village; Skoka waterfall on the lands of Reselets; Haydoushka cave near Deventsi; Sedlarkata Rock Bridge on the lands of Rakita; Neolithic settlements near Telish, Thracia
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n settlements in Chomakovtsi, Roman cites near Resselets and Chomakovtsi.[
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Settlements
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:
See also
*Provinces of Bulgaria
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*Municipalities of Bulgaria
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* List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
References
{{Pleven Province
Municipalities in Pleven Province