Dimovo Municipality
The municipality embraces a territory of 402.87 km (155.55 sq mi) with a population of 7,175 inhabitants, as of December 2009.
The main road E79 (I-1) crosses the area, connecting the province centre of Vidin with the city of Montana and respectively with the western operating part of Hemus motorway.
Settlements
Dimovo Municipality includes the following 23 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (December 2009) |
---|---|---|
Dimovo | Димово | 1,211 |
Archar | Арчар | 2,603 |
Bela | Бела | 120 |
Dalgo Pole | Дълго поле | 27 |
Darzhanitsa | Държаница | 107 |
Gara Oreshets | Гара Орешец | 819 |
Izvor | Извор | 311 |
Karbintsi | Карбинци | 241 |
Kladorub | Кладоруб | 44 |
Kostichovtsi | Костичовци | 114 |
Lagoshevtsi | Лагошевци | 89 |
Mali Drenovets | Мали Дреновец | 83 |
Medovnitsa | Медовница | 327 |
Oreshets | Орешец | 15 |
Ostrokaptsi | Острокапци | 98 |
Septemvriytsi | Септемврийци | 251 |
Skomlya | Скомля | 43 |
Shipot | Шипот | 76 |
Vladichentsi | Владиченци | 80 |
Vodnyantsi | Воднянци | 279 |
Varbovchets | Върбовчец | 94 |
Yanyovets | Яньовец | 33 |
Yarlovitsa | Ярловица | 110 |
Total | 7,175 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Dimovo Municipality | ||||||||
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Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 9,520 | 7,500 | 10,608 | 8,783 | 8,065 | 7,531 | 7,175 | 6,514 |
Sources: Census 2001, Census 2011, „pop-stat.mashke.org“, |
Vital statistics
Population | Live births | Deaths | Natural growth | Birth rate (‰) | Death rate (‰) | Natural growth rate (‰) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | 9,208 | ||||||
2001 | 8,524 | ||||||
2002 | 8,337 | ||||||
2003 | 8,221 | ||||||
2004 | 8,127 | ||||||
2005 | 8,065 | ||||||
2006 | 7,775 | ||||||
2007 | 7,531 | ||||||
2008 | 7,319 | ||||||
2009 | 7,175 | ||||||
2010 | 7,066 | ||||||
2011 | 6,440 | ||||||
2012 | 6,285 | ||||||
2013 | 6,126 | ||||||
2014 | 5,977 | ||||||
2015 | 6,050 | ||||||
2016 | 5,845 | ||||||
2017 | 5,804 | ||||||
2018 | 5,596 |
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:
An overwhelming majority of the population of Dimovo Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 91.1% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
See also
References
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ (in English)National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
- ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
External links
- Official website (in Bulgarian)