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Makresh Municipality
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Makresh Municipality |
| native_name | Община Макреш |
| settlement_type | Municipality |
| image_map | Makresh Municipality Within Bulgaria.png |
| map_caption | Makresh Municipality within Bulgaria and Vidin Province. |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | |
| subdivision_type1 | Province (Oblast) |
| subdivision_name1 | Vidin |
| subdivision_type2 | Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) |
| subdivision_name2 | Makresh |
| timezone | EET |
| utc_offset | +2 |
| timezone_DST | EEST |
| utc_offset_DST | +3 |
| coordinates | |
| area_total_km2 | 229 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_as_of | December 2023 |
| population_total | 1,204 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
Makresh Municipality () is a municipality (obshtina) in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 12 km southwest of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Makresh. The area borders on the Republic of Serbia to the west.
The municipality embraces a territory of 229 km2 with a population of 1,938 inhabitants, as of December 2009.
The easternmost border of the area is linked by the main road E79 which connects the province centre of Vidin with the city of Montana and respectively with the western operating part of Hemus motorway.
Settlements
Makresh Municipality includes the following 7 places all of them villages:
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | en}} Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (December 2009) | Total | 1,938 | ||
| Makresh | Макреш | 473 | ||
| Kireevo | Киреево | 268 | ||
| Podgore | Подгоре | 278 | ||
| Rakovitsa | Раковица | 611 | ||
| Tolovitsa | Толовица | 70 | ||
| Tsar Shishmanovo | Цар Шишманово | 157 | ||
| Valchek | Вълчек | 81 |
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 Makresh Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 75.9% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
References
References
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- {{in lang. en[http://www.nsi.bg/Census_e/Census_e.htm National Statistical Institute - Census 2001]
- [http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-division.htm „pop-stat.mashke.org“]
- "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011".
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