Kmetstvo and Obshchina
FRISON Philippe
Philippe.FRISON at coe.fr
Wed Dec 2 10:04:58 UTC 1998
Dear SEELangers,
I am very grateful to all those who gave me insights on 'Kmetstvo'
The problem I have is to understand the structures of local powers in
Bulgaria in order to translate into French a English text on this
subject.
I received today explanations, whereby
Municipality means 'Obshchina'
Ward or district, 'gradski rayon', and
Mayoralty (the word I do not understand), 'kmetstvo'
There would be mayors of municipalities, of wards and of mayoralties
(that is in the latter case 'kmet na kmetstvo').
The fax I received states that Sofia and cities with more than 300 000
inhabitants are divided into districts.
On the contrary, a 'mayoralty' would consist in one or more built-up
areas (villages) adjacent to a town. and a town would have one or more
mayoralties.
Does this mean that 'kmetstva' are the Bulgarian equivalent to Russia's
'Sel'sovety' ?
Best regards
Philippe FRISON
E-mail: Philippe.Frison at Coe.fr
Conseil de l'Europe
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