Berkovitsa Municipality
The municipality embraces a territory of 470 km (180 sq mi) with a population of 18,503 inhabitants, as of February 2011.
Todorini Kukli peak, 1,785 m (5,856 ft), is located in the southeastern part of the area almost on the very border with Varshets Municipality.
Settlements
Berkovitsa Municipality includes the following 20 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (September 2022) |
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Berkovitsa | Берковица | 12,768 |
Balyuvitsa | Балювица | 52 |
Bistrilitsa | Бистрилица | 141 |
Bokilovtsi | Бокиловци | 77 |
Borovtsi | Боровци | 657 |
Barziya | Бързия | 1,259 |
Chereshovitsa | Черешовица | 40 |
Gaganitsa | Гаганица | 269 |
Komarevo | Комарево | 67 |
Kostentsi | Костенци | 46 |
Kotenovtsi | Котеновци | 111 |
Leskovets | Лесковец | 43 |
Mezdreya | Мездрея | 182 |
Pesochnitsa | Песочница | 23 |
Parlichevo | Пърличево | 62 |
Rashovitsa | Рашовица | 5 |
Slatina | Слатина | 165 |
Tsvetkova Bara | Цветкова бара | 14 |
Yagodovo | Ягодово | 176 |
Zamfirovo | Замфирово | 1,110 |
Total | 17,267 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Berkovitsa Municipality | ||||||||
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Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 28,639 | 26,565 | 24,992 | 22,664 | 20,812 | 20,277 | 19,642 | 18,503 |
Sources: Census 2001, Census 2011, „pop-stat.mashke.org“, |
Religion
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
Economy
Transportation
Berkovitsa has a terminus railway station. It is connected to Montana and has access to the railway connecting Vidin and Vratsa. There is infrequent passenger traffic.
See also
References
- ^ (in Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Census 2011
- ^ (in English) https://bg.wikipedia.org/key/
- ^ (in English)National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
External links
- Official website (in Bulgarian)