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Pavlikeni Municipality

Pavlikeni Municipality
Община Павликени
Municipality
Pavlikeni Municipality within Bulgaria and Veliko Tarnovo Province.
Pavlikeni Municipality within Bulgaria and Veliko Tarnovo Province.
Coordinates: 43°16′N 25°19′E / 43.267°N 25.317°E / 43.267; 25.317Coordinates: 43°16′N 25°19′E / 43.267°N 25.317°E / 43.267; 25.317
Country  Bulgaria
Province (Oblast) Veliko Tarnovo
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) Pavlikeni
Area
 • Total 622 km2 (240 sq mi)
Population (December 2009)
 • Total 26,342
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Pavlikeni Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Павликени) is a municipality (obshtina) in Veliko Tarnovo Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located mostly in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Pavlikeni.

The municipality embraces a territory of 622,56 km² with a population of 26,342 inhabitants, as of December 2009.

The Hemus motorway is planned to cross the area, connecting the capital city of Sofia with the port of Varna on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.

Pavlikeni Municipality includes the following 20 places (towns are shown in bold):

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


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