Dolna Mitropoliya Municipality

Dolna Mitropoliya Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Долна Митрополия) is a municipality (obshtina) in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It embraces a territory of 674.81 km2 (260.55 sq mi) with a population, as of December 2009, of 21,304 inhabitants. The administrative centre of the area is the homonymous town of Dolna Mitropoliya.

Dolna Mitropoliya Municipality
Община Долна Митрополия
Municipality
Dolna Mitropoliya Municipality within Bulgaria and Pleven Province.
Coordinates: 43°33′N 24°30′E
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Pleven
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Dolna Mitropoliya
Area
  Total674.81 km2 (260.55 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2009)
  Total21,304
  Density32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

The northern boundary of the municipality is the Danube River, and the 10,926 hectare Natura 2000 Reka Vit Special Protection Area for preservation of avian habitat is located there.

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