Chiprovtsi Municipality
Encyclopedia
Chiprovtsi Municipality 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.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
(obshtina) in Montana Province
Montana Province
Montana Province is a province in northwestern Bulgaria, bordering Serbia in the southwest and Romania in the north. It spreads its area between the Danube river and Balkan mountain. As of February 2011, the province has a population of 148,098 inhabitants, on territory of 3,635.5 km²...
, Northwestern Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, 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
Chiprovtsi
Chiprovtsi is a small town and municipality in northwestern Bulgaria, administratively part of Montana Province. It lies on the shores of the river Ogosta in the western Balkan Mountains, very close to the Bulgarian-Serbian border...
. 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.
Settlements
Chiprovtsi Municipality includes the following 10 places (towns are shown in bold):| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Chiprovtsi Chiprovtsi Chiprovtsi is a small town and municipality in northwestern Bulgaria, administratively part of Montana Province. It lies on the shores of the river Ogosta in the western Balkan Mountains, very close to the Bulgarian-Serbian border... |
Чипровци | 1,871 |
| Belimel Belimel Belimel is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Chiprovtsi Municipality, Montana Province.Belimel Bay in Trinity Island, Antarctica is named after Belimel.-Notes:... |
Белимел | 252 |
| Chelyustnitsa Chelyustnitsa Chelyustnitsa is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Chiprovtsi Municipality, Montana Province.... |
Челюстница | 81 |
| Gorna Kovachitsa Gorna Kovachitsa Gorna Kovachitsa is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Chiprovtsi Municipality, Montana Province.... |
Горна Ковачица | 118 |
| Gorna Luka Gorna Luka Gorna Luka is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Chiprovtsi Municipality, Montana Province.... |
Горна Лука | 185 |
| Martinovo Martinovo Martinovo is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Chiprovtsi Municipality, Montana Province.... |
Мартиново | 312 |
| Mitrovtsi Mitrovtsi Mitrovtsi is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Chiprovtsi Municipality, Montana Province.MitrovtsiMitrovtsi is a village in North-Western Bulgaria. It is located in Chiprovtsi County, Montana Region... |
Митровци | 115 |
| Prevala Prevala Prevala is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Chiprovtsi Municipality, Montana Province.... |
Превала | 411 |
| Ravna Ravna, Montana Province Ravna is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of the Chiprovtsi Municipality in the Montana Province.... |
Равна | 47 |
| Zhelezna Zhelezna Zhelezna is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Chiprovtsi Municipality, Montana Province.... |
Железна | 327 |
| Total | 3,719 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.See also
- Provinces of BulgariaProvinces of BulgariaSince 1999, Bulgaria has been divided into 28 provinces which correspond approximately to the 28 districts that existed before 1987. In 1987, during the Communist regime of Todor Zhivkov, the districts were consolidated into nine larger provinces , which survived until 1999.Each province is named...
- Municipalities of BulgariaMunicipalities of BulgariaThe 28 provinces of Bulgaria are divided into 264 municipalities .-Blagoevgrad Province:# Bansko Municipality # Belitsa Municipality # Blagoevgrad Municipality...
- List of cities and towns in Bulgaria