Chuprene Municipality

Chuprene Municipality Община Чупрене
—  Municipality  —
Chuprene Municipality within Bulgaria and Vidin Province.
Coordinates: 43°29′N 22°41′E / 43.483°N 22.683°E / 43.483; 22.683Coordinates: 43°29′N 22°41′E / 43.483°N 22.683°E / 43.483; 22.683
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Vidin
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)	Chuprene
Area
– Total	330 km2 (127.4 sq mi)
Population (December 2009)[1]
– Total	2,285
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Chuprene Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Чупрене) is a frontier municipality (obshtina) in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the vicinity of the western parts of Stara Planina range in the so called Fore-Balkan area. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Chuprene. In the southwest, the municipality borders on Republic of Serbia.

The area embraces a territory of 330 km² with a population of 2,285 inhabitants, as of December 2009.^[1]

Midzhur peak (2,168 m (7,116 ft)), the highest point of the western Balkan mountains, is located in the municipality almost on the very border with Serbia.

Settlements

Vidin

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Chuprene

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Belogradchik

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Boynitsa

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Bregovo

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Gramada

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Dimovo

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Kula

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Makresh

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Novo Selo

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Ruzhintsi

Chuprene Municipality within Vidin Province

Chuprene Municipality includes the following 9 places all of them villages:

Town/Village	Cyrillic	Population[2][3][4] (December 2009)
Chuprene	Чупрене	576
Bostanite	Бостаните	0
Dolni Lom	Долни Лом	229
Gorni Lom	Горни Лом	777
Protopopintsi	Протопопинци	91
Replyana	Репляна	193
Sredogriv	Средогрив	129
Targovishte	Търговище	162
Varbovo	Върбово	128
Total		2,285

Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.

Chuprene Municipality
Year	1975	1985	1992	2001	2005	2007	2009	2011
Population	5,612	4,439	3,778	3,004	2,580	2,399	2,285	...
Sources: National Statistical Institute,[1][5][6] Census 2001,[7] Census 2011,[8] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,??

See also

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

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
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. ^ (Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Municipalities population 1985
6. ^ (Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Municipalities population 1992
7. ^ (English)National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
8. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“

External links

• Official website (Bulgarian)