Berkovitsa Municipality
Berkovitsa Municipality Община Берковица | |
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Municipality | |
Stara Planina as seen from Berkovitsa | |
![]() Berkovitsa Municipality within Bulgaria and Montana Province. | |
Coordinates: 43°15′N 23°8′E / 43.250°N 23.133°ECoordinates: 43°15′N 23°8′E / 43.250°N 23.133°E | |
Country |
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Province (Oblast) | Montana |
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Berkovitsa |
Area | |
• Total | 470 km2 (180 sq mi) |
Population (Census February 2011)[1] | |
• Total | 18,503 |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Berkovitsa Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Берковица) is a municipality (obshtina) in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan to the northern slopes of the western Stara planina mountain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Berkovitsa.
The municipality embraces a territory of 470 km² with a population of 18,503 inhabitants, as of February 2011.[1]
Todorini Kukli peak (1,785 m (5,856 ft)) is located in the southeastern part of the area almost on the very border with Varshets Municipality.
Settlements
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Berkovitsa Municipality includes the following 20 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
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Berkovitsa | Берковица | 13,917 |
Balyuvitsa | Балювица | 74 |
Bistrilitsa | Бистрилица | 194 |
Bokilovtsi | Бокиловци | 123 |
Borovtsi | Боровци | 818 |
Barziya | Бързия | 1,486 |
Chereshovitsa | Черешовица | 86 |
Gaganitsa | Гаганица | 372 |
Komarevo | Комарево | 87 |
Kostentsi | Костенци | 98 |
Kotenovtsi | Котеновци | 152 |
Leskovets | Лесковец | 70 |
Mezdreya | Мездрея | 241 |
Pesochnitsa | Песочница | 55 |
Parlichevo | Пърличево | |
Rashovitsa | Рашовица | 5 |
Slatina | Слатина | 268 |
Tsvetkova Bara | Цветкова бара | 25 |
Yagodovo | Ягодово | 182 |
Zamfirovo | Замфирово | 1,301 |
Total | 19,642 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Berkovitsa Municipality | ||||||||
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Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 28,639 | 26,565 | 24,992 | 22,664 | 20,812 | 20,277 | 19,642 | 18,503 |
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[1] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[6] |
Economy
Transportation
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Berkovitsa has a terminus railway station. It is connected to Montana and has access to the railway connecting Vidin and Vratsa. There is infrequent passenger traffic.
See also
References
- 1 2 3 (Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Census 2011
- ↑ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ↑ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ↑ (English)National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ↑ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
External links
- Official website (Bulgarian)