Montana Province

Coordinates: 43°36′N 23°11′E / 43.6°N 23.183°E / 43.6; 23.183

Montana Province Област Монтана
—  Province  —
Location of Montana Province in Bulgaria
Country	Bulgaria
Capital	Montana
Municipalities	11
Government
– Governor	Ivaylo Petrov
Area
– Total	3,635.5 km2 (1,403.7 sq mi)
Population (Census February 2011 [1])
– Total	148,098
– Density	40.7/km2 (105.5/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
License plate	M
Website	www.MontanaBG.org

Montana Province (Bulgarian: Област Монтана, transliterated: Oblast Montana) is a province in northwestern Bulgaria, bordering Serbia in the southwest and Romania in the north. It spreads its area between the Danube river and Balkan mountain. As of February 2011, the province has a population of 145,601 inhabitants,^[1] on territory of 3,635.5 km². It was named after its administrative centre the city of Montana.

Municipalities

Municipalities in Montana province

The Montana province (Област, oblast) contains 11 municipalities (singular: oбщина, obshtina - plural: Общини, obshtini). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population as of 2011.

Municipality	Cyrillic	Pop.[2][3][4]	Town/Village	Pop.[3][5][6]
Berkovitsa	Берковица	19,587	Berkovitsa	14,124
Boychinovtsi	Бойчиновци	9,611	Boychinovtsi	1,588
Brusartsi	Брусарци	5,140	Brusartsi	1,277
Chiprovtsi	Чипровци	3,773	Chiprovtsi	1,937
Georgi Damyanovo	Георги Дамяново	2,867	Georgi Damyanovo	494
Lom	Лом	31,064	Lom	25,321
Medkovets	Медковец	4,103	Medkovets	1,866
Montana	Монтана	57,064	Montana	46,574
Valchedram	Вълчедръм	9,988	Valchedram	3,748
Varshets	Вършец	8,424	Varshets	6,439
Yakimovo	Якимово	4,481	Yakimovo	1,711

Demography

The Montana province had a population of 148,098 according to a 2011 census, of which 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female.^[7] As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 155,899^[2] of which 30.5% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.^[8]

The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:

Montana Province
Year	1946	1956	1965	1975	1985	1992	2001	2005	2007	2009	2011
Population	242,073	243,431	241,200	235,800	222,632	208,128	182,258	166,775	161,161	155,899	145,601
Sources: National Statistical Institute,[2][9][10][11][12] „Census 2001“,[13] „Census 2011“,[1] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[4]

Religion

In the 2011 census, 136,175 people from Montana province identified one of the following as their religion (with percentage of total population):^[14]

Census 2011
religious adherence	population	%
Orthodox Christians	100,571	73.86%
Muslims	94	0.07%
Roman Catholics	438	0.32%
Protestants	2,740	2.01%
Other	163	0.12%
Religion not mentioned	17,323	12,72%
Religion none	14,842	10,9%
total	136,175	100%

Language

In the 2001 census, 181,208 people from Montana province identified one of the following as their mother tongue (with percentage of total population): 160,494 Bulgarian (88.1%), 19,849 Roma (Gypsy) (10.9%), 220 Turkish (0.1%), and 645 other (0.4%).^[15]

Ethnic groups

In the 2001 census, 181,175 people from Montana province identified themselves as belonging to one of the following ethnic groups (with percentage of total population):^[16]

Ethnic group	Population	Percentage
Bulgarian	157,507	86.42%
Turkish	235	0.129%
Roma (Gypsy)	22,784	12.501%
Russian	272	0.149%
Armenian	19	0.01%
Wallachian	19	0.01%
Macedonian	16	0.009%
Greek	24	0.013%
Ukrainian	46	0.025%
Jewish	3	0.002%
Romanian	-	0.000%
Other	250	0.137%

Towns and villages

The place names in bold have the status of town (in Bulgarian: град, transliterated as grad). Other localities have the status of village (in Bulgarian: село, transliterated as selo). The names of localities are transliterated in Latin alphabet,^[17][18] followed in parentheses by the original name in Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet^[19] (which links to the corresponding Bulgarian Wikipedia article).

Berkovitsa (Берковица)

The Berkovitsa municipality has one town (in bold) and 19 villages:

Balyuvitsa (Балювица) · Barzia (Бързия) · Berkovitsa (Берковица) · Bistrilitsa (Бистрилица) · Bokilovtsi (Бокиловци) · Borovtsi (Боровци) · Gaganitsa (Гаганица) · Komarevo (Комарево) · Kostentsi (Костенци) · Kotenovtsi (Котеновци) · Leskovets (Лесковец) · Mezdreya (Мездрея) · Parlichevo (Пърличево) · Pesochnitsa (Песочница) · Rashovitsa (Рашовица) · Slatina (Слатина) · Chereshovitsa (Черешовица) · Tsvetkova bara (Цветкова бара) · Yagodovo (Ягодово) · Zamfirovo (Замфирово)

Boychinovtsi (Бойчиновци)

The Boychinovtsi municipality has one town (in bold) and 12 villages:

Beli breg (Бели брег) · Beli brod (Бели брод) · Boychinovtsi (Бойчиновци) · Erden (Ерден) · Gromshin (Громшин) · Kobilyak (Кобиляк) · Lehchevo (Лехчево) · Madan (Мадан) · Marchevo (Мърчево) · Ohrid (Охрид) · Palilula (Палилула) · Portitovtsi (Портитовци) · Vladimirovo (Владимирово)

Brusartsi (Брусарци)

The Brusartsi municipality has one town (in bold) and nine villages:

Bukovets (Буковец) · Brusartsi (Брусарци) · Dabova mahala (Дъбова махала) · Dondukovo (Дондуково) · Kiselevo (Киселево) · Knyazheva mahala (Княжева махала) · Kriva bara (Крива бара) · Odorovtsi (Одоровци) · Smirnenski (Смирненски) · Vasilovtsi (Василовци)

Chiprovtsi (Чипровци)

The Chiprovtsi municipality has one town (in bold) and nine villages:

Belimel (Белимел) · Chelyustnitsa (Челюстница) · Chiprovtsi (Чипровци) · Gorna Kovachitsa (Горна Ковачица) · Gorna Luka (Горна Лука) · Martinovo (Мартиново) · Mitrovtsi (Митровци) · Prevala (Превала) · Ravna (Равна) · Zhelezna (Железна)

Georgi Damyanovo (Георги Дамяново)

The Georgi Damyanovo municipality has 13 villages:

Chemish (Чемиш) · Dalgi del (Дълги дел) · Diva Slatina (Дива Слатина) · Elovitsa (Еловица) · Gavril Genovo (Гаврил Геново) · Georgi Damyanovo (Георги Дамяново) · Glavanovtsi (Главановци) · Govezhda (Говежда) · Kamenna Riksa (Каменна Рикса) · Kopilovtsi (Копиловци) · Melyane (Меляне) · Pomezhdin (Помеждин) · Vidlitsa (Видлица)

Lom (Лом)

The Lom municipality has one town (in bold) and nine villages:

Dobri dol (Добри дол) · Dolno Linevo (Долно Линево) · Kovachitsa (Ковачица) · Lom (Лом) · Orsoya (Орсоя) · Slivata (Сливата) · Staliyska mahala (Сталийска махала) · Stanevo (Станево) · Traykovo (Трайково) · Zamfir (Замфир)

Medkovets (Медковец)

The Medkovets municipality has five villages:

Asparuhovo (Аспарухово) · Medkovets (Медковец) · Pishurka (Пишурка) · Rasovo (Расово) · Slivovik (Сливовик)

Montana (Монтана)

The Montana municipality has one town (in bold) and 23 villages:

Belotintsi (Белотинци) · Bezdenitsa (Безденица) · Blagovo (Благово) · Doktor Yosifovo (Доктор Йосифово) · Dolna Riksa (Долна Рикса) · Dolna Verenitsa (Долна Вереница) · Dolno Belotintsi (Долно Белотинци) · Gabrovnitsa (Габровница) · Gorna Verenitsa (Горна Вереница) · Gorno Tserovene (Горно Церовене) · Klisuritsa (Клисурица) · Krapchene (Крапчене) · Lipen (Липен) · Montana (Монтана) · Nikolovo (Николово) · Slavotin (Славотин) · Smolyanovtsi (Смоляновци) · Stubel (Стубел) · Studeno buche (Студено буче) · Sumer (Сумер) · Trifonovo (Трифоново) · Vinište (Винище) · Virove (Вирове) · Voynitsi (Войници)

Valchedram (Вълчедръм)

The Valchedram municipality has one town (in bold) and ten villages:

Botevo (Ботево) · Buzovets (Бъзовец) · Cherni vrakh (Черни връх) · Dolni Tsibar (Долни Цибър) · Gorni Tsibar (Горни Цибър) · Ignatovo (Игнатово) · Mokresh (Мокреш) · Razgrad (Разград) · Septemvriytsi (Септемврийци) · Valchedram (Вълчедръм) · Zlatiya (Златия)

Varshets (Вършец)

Main article: Varshets Municipality

The Varshets municipality has one town (in bold), eight villages and one monastery (which has official status as a locality^[19]):

Cherkaski (Черкаски) · Dolna Bela rechka (Долна Бела речка) · Dolno Ozirovo (Долно Озирово) · Draganitsa (Драганица) · Klisurski Monastery (Клисурски манастир) · Gorna Bela rechka (Горна Бела речка) · Gorno Ozirovo (Горно Озирово) · Spanchevtsi (Спанчевци) · Stoyanovo (Стояново) · Varshets (Вършец)

Yakimovo (Якимово)

The Yakimovo municipality has four villages:

Dalgodeltsi (Дългоделци) · Dolno Tserovene (Долно Церовене) · Komoshtitsa (Комощица) · Yakimovo (Якимово)

See also

• Provinces of Bulgaria
• Municipalities of Bulgaria
• List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
• List of towns and villages in Montana Province

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} (Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Census 2011
2. ^ ^{a b c} (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - provinces and municipalities in 2009
3. ^ ^{a b} (English) „WorldCityPopulation“
4. ^ ^{a b} „pop-stat.mashke.org“
5. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
6. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
7. ^ (Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
8. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009
9. ^ (Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Population 1965
10. ^ (Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Population 1975
11. ^ (Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Population 1985
12. ^ (Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Population 1992
13. ^ (English)National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
14. ^ (Bulgarian) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001
15. ^ (Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Mother Tongue from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
16. ^ (Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Ethnic Group from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
17. ^ Geonames Search at National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) - reference for location names
18. ^ Montana Region/District at Guide-Bulgaria.com - reference for location names
19. ^ ^{a b} (Bulgarian) Population Chart, 15.03.2009 from Bulgarian Directorate General: Civil Registration and Administrative Services

External links

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