Chiprovtsi Municipality
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Chiprovtsi Municipality
Община Чипровци— Municipality —
Chiprovtsi Municipality within Bulgaria and Montana Province.
Coordinates: 43°23′N 22°50′E / 43.383°N 22.833°ECoordinates: 43°23′N 22°50′E / 43.383°N 22.833°E Country 
BulgariaProvince (Oblast) Montana Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) Chiprovtsi Area - Total 286.8 km2 (110.7 sq mi) Population (Census February 2011)[1] - Total 3,657 Time zone EET (UTC+2) - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3) Chiprovtsi Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Чипровци) is a small frontier municipality (obshtina) in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located on the northern slopes of western Stara Planina mountain and the area of the so called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Chiprovtsi. In the southwest, the municipality borders on Republic of Serbia.
The area embraces a territory of 286.8 km² with a population of 3,657 inhabitants, as of February 2011.[1]
Settlements
Chiprovtsi
Chiprovtsi Municipality within Montana Province
Chiprovtsi Municipality includes the following 10 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village Cyrillic Population[2][3][4]
(December 2009)Chiprovtsi Чипровци 1,871 Belimel Белимел 252 Chelyustnitsa Челюстница 81 Gorna Kovachitsa Горна Ковачица 118 Gorna Luka Горна Лука 185 Martinovo Мартиново 312 Mitrovtsi Митровци 115 Prevala Превала 411 Ravna Равна 47 Zhelezna Железна 327 Total 3,719 Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Chiprovtsi Municipality Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011 Population 9,148 7,661 6,792 4,988 4,198 3,955 3,719 3,657 Sources: National Statistical Institute,[5][6][7] Census 2001,[8] Census 2011,[1] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[9] See also
References
- ^ a b c (Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Census 2011
- ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
- ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
- ^ (Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Municipalities population 1985
- ^ (Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Municipalities population 1992
- ^ (English)National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
External links
- Official website (Bulgarian)
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