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Berkovitsa Municipality

Berkovitsa Municipality
FieldValue
nameBerkovitsa Municipality
native_nameОбщина Берковица
settlement_typeMunicipality
image_mapBerkovitsa Municipality Within Bulgaria.png
map_captionBerkovitsa Municipality within Bulgaria and Montana Province.
image_skylineStara Planina in Berkovitsa.jpg
image_captionStara Planina as seen from Berkovitsa
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1Province (Oblast)
subdivision_name1Montana
subdivision_type2Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)
subdivision_name2Berkovitsa
timezoneEET
utc_offset+2
timezone_DSTEEST
utc_offset_DST+3
coordinates
area_total_km2470
population_footnotes
population_as_ofCensus February 2011
population_total17,267
population_density_km2auto

Berkovitsa Municipality () 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.

Todorini Kukli peak, 1,785 m, is located in the southeastern part of the area almost on the very border with Varshets Municipality.

Settlements

Berkovitsa Municipality includes the following 20 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/VillageCyrillicen}} https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/
(September 2022)Total17,267
BerkovitsaБерковица12,768
BalyuvitsaБалювица52
BistrilitsaБистрилица141
BokilovtsiБокиловци77
BorovtsiБоровци657
BarziyaБързия1,259
ChereshovitsaЧерешовица40
GaganitsaГаганица269
KomarevoКомарево67
KostentsiКостенци46
KotenovtsiКотеновци111
LeskovetsЛесковец43
MezdreyaМездрея182
PesochnitsaПесочница23
ParlichevoПърличево62
RashovitsaРашовица5
SlatinaСлатина165
Tsvetkova BaraЦветкова бара14
YagodovoЯгодово176
ZamfirovoЗамфирово1,110

Demography

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

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:

Economy

Transportation

Berkovitsa railway station

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.

References

References

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  2. {{in lang. en [[:bg:Начална_страница. https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/]]
  3. {{in lang. link. (November 13, 2010)
  4. {{in lang. link. (2012-03-20)
  5. {{in lang. link. (2014-08-19)
  6. {{in lang. en[http://www.nsi.bg/Census_e/Census_e.htm National Statistical Institute - Census 2001]
  7. [http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-division.htm „pop-stat.mashke.org“]
  8. "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011".
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