Chiprovtsi Municipality

Chiprovtsi Municipality Община Чипровци
—  Municipality  —
Chiprovtsi Municipality within Bulgaria and Montana Province.
Coordinates: 43°23′N 22°50′E / 43.383°N 22.833°E / 43.383; 22.833Coordinates: 43°23′N 22°50′E / 43.383°N 22.833°E / 43.383; 22.833
Country	Bulgaria
Province (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

•

Georgi Damyanovo

•

Lom

•

Medkovets

•

Valchedram

•

Varshets

•

Yakimovo

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

• Provinces of Bulgaria
• Municipalities of Bulgaria
• List of cities and towns in Bulgaria

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} (Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Census 2011
2. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
3. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
4. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
5. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
6. ^ (Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Municipalities population 1985
7. ^ (Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Municipalities population 1992
8. ^ (English)National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
9. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“

External links

• Official website (Bulgarian)