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Chuprene Municipality

FieldValue
nameChuprene Municipality
native_nameОбщина Чупрене
settlement_typeMunicipality
image_mapChuprene Municipality Within Bulgaria.png
map_captionChuprene Municipality within Bulgaria and Vidin Province.
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1Province (Oblast)
subdivision_name1Vidin
subdivision_type2Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)
subdivision_name2Chuprene
timezoneEET
utc_offset+2
timezone_DSTEEST
utc_offset_DST+3
coordinates
area_total_km2330
population_footnotes
population_as_ofDecember 2009
population_total2,285
population_density_km2auto

Chuprene Municipality () 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.

Midzhur peak, 2,168 m, the highest point of the western Balkan Mountains, is located in the municipality almost on the very border with Serbia.

Settlements

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

Town/VillageCyrillicen}} Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
(December 2009)Total2,285
ChupreneЧупрене576
Dolni LomДолни Лом229
Gorni LomГорни Лом777
ProtopopintsiПротопопинци91
ReplyanaРепляна193
SredogrivСредогрив129
TargovishteТърговище162
VarbovoВърбово128

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: An overwhelming majority of the population of Chuprene Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 82.5% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.

References

References

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  7. {{in lang. en[http://www.nsi.bg/Census_e/Census_e.htm National Statistical Institute - Census 2001]
  8. [http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-division.htm „pop-stat.mashke.org“]
  9. "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011".
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