Georgi Damyanovo Municipality
Georgi Damyanovo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Георги Дамяново) is a 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 village of Georgi Damyanovo. In the southwest, the municipality borders on Republic of Serbia.
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Georgi Damyanovo Municipality within Montana Province
The municipality embraces a territory of 298 km (115 sq mi) with a population of 2,739 inhabitants, as of February 2011.
Settlements
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Berkovitsa
Boychinovtsi
Brusartsi
Chiprovtsi
Lom
Medkovets
Valchedram
Varshets
Yakimovo
Georgi Damyanovo Municipality includes the following 13 places all of them villages:
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (December 2009) |
---|---|---|
Georgi Damyanovo | Георги Дамяново | 566 |
Chemish | Чемиш | 81 |
Diva Slatina | Дива Слатина | 131 |
Dalgi Del | Дълги дел | 191 |
Elovitsa | Еловица | 51 |
Gavril Genovo | Гаврил Геново | 337 |
Glavanovtsi | Главановци | 76 |
Govezhda | Говежда | 503 |
Kamenna Riksa | Каменна Рикса | 172 |
Kopilovtsi | Копиловци | 579 |
Melyane | Меляне | 187 |
Pomezhdin | Помеждин | 21 |
Vidlitsa | Видлица | 127 |
Total | 3,022 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Georgi Damyanovo Municipality | ||||||||
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Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 8,739 | 6,524 | 5,577 | 4,462 | 3,419 | 3,216 | 3,022 | 2,739 |
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:
See also
References
- ^ (in Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Census 2011 Archived April 10, 2011, 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“
- ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
External links
- Official website (in English)