Belogradchik Municipality
Belogradchik Municipality
Община Белоградчик | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 43°39′N 22°35′E / 43.650°N 22.583°E | |
Country | Bulgaria |
Province (Oblast) | Vidin |
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Belogradchik |
Area | |
• Total | 411 km2 (159 sq mi) |
Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 7,045 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Belogradchik Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Белоградчик) is a municipality (obshtina) in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the western parts of the so-called Fore-Balkan area. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Belogradchik. To the west and southwest, the municipality borders on Republic of Serbia.
The area embraces a territory of 411 km² with a population of 7,045 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
The municipality is best known with the Belogradchik Rocks, impressive rock formations located just south of the main town as well as the medieval Belogradchik Fortress situated in the same rocky area. Another place of interest is the Magura Cave, with its beautiful prehistoric cave paintings.
Settlements
Template:Belogradchik Municipality Labelled Map
Belogradchik Municipality includes the following 18 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
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Belogradchik | Белоградчик | 5,334 |
Borovitsa | Боровица | 195 |
Chiflik | Чифлик | 128 |
Dabravka | Дъбравка | 77 |
Granitovo | Гранитово | 66 |
Granichak | Граничак | 19 |
Krachimir | Крачимир | 26 |
Oshane | Ошане | 71 |
Prauzhda | Праужда | 74 |
Prolaznitsa | Пролазница | 18 |
Rabisha | Рабиша | 312 |
Rayanovtsi | Раяновци | 144 |
Salash | Салаш | 217 |
Slivovnik | Сливовник | 26 |
Stakevtsi | Стакевци | 233 |
Struindol | Струиндол | 23 |
Veshtitsa | Вещица | 53 |
Varba | Върба | 29 |
Total | 7,045 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Belogradchik Municipality | ||||||||
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Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 12,255 | 11,048 | 9,896 | 8,217 | 7,553 | 7,270 | 7,045 | 6,602 |
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7] |
See also
References
- ^ a b Template:En icon Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Template:En icon Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Template:En icon Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ Template:En icon Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ Template:En iconNational Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.