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Montana Province
Montana Province ( bg, 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 the Balkan Mountains. As of February 2011, the province has a population of 148,098 inhabitants, on territory of . It was named after its administrative centre the city of Montana. Municipalities The Montana province (Област, ''oblast'') contains 11 municipalities (singular: община, ''obshtina'' - plural: Общини, ''obshtini''). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and in Cyrillic, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population as of 2011. Population The Montana province had a population of 148,098 according to a 2011 census, of which were male and were female. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Bulgaria
The provinces of Bulgaria ( bg, области на България, oblasti na Bǎlgarija) are the first-level administrative subdivisions of the country. Since 1999, Bulgaria has been divided into 28 provinces ( bg, области, links=no – ''oblasti;'' singular: – ''oblast''; also translated as "regions") which correspond approximately to the 28 districts (in bg, links=no, окръг – ''okrug, okrǎg'', plural: – ''okrǎzi''), that existed before 1987. The provinces are further subdivided into 265 municipalities (singular: – ''obshtina'', plural: – ''obshtini''). Sofia – the capital city of Bulgaria and the largest settlement in the country – is the administrative centre of both Sofia Province and Sofia City Province (Sofia-Grad (toponymy), grad). The capital is included (together with three other cities plus 34 villages) in Sofia Capital Municipality (over 90% of whose population lives in Sofia), which is the sole municipality comprising Sofia City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boychinovtsi Municipality
Boychinovtsi Municipality ( bg, Община Бойчиновци) is a municipality ('' obshtina'') in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the transition between the Danubian Plain and the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre – the town of Boychinovtsi. The municipality embraces a territory of 307.32 km² with a population of 9,137 inhabitants, as of February 2011. Ogosta river, a right tributary of the Danube, flows through the area from southwest to northeast. Settlements Boychinovtsi Municipality includes the following 13 places (towns are shown in bold): Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Boychinovtsi Municipality has comprised the former municipality of Lehchevo and the numbers in the table reflect this unification. Religion According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lom Municipality
Lom Municipality ( bg, Община Лом) is a frontier municipality ('' obshtina'') in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre — the town of Lom which is one of the important Bulgarian river ports. The area borders Romania across the Danube. The municipality encompasses a territory of 323.89 km² with a population of 27,294 inhabitants, as of February 2011.National Statistical Institute - Census 2011 Settlements Lom Municipality includes the following 10 places (towns are shown in bold):Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. |
Georgi Damyanovo
Georgi Damyanovo ( bg, Георги Дамяново, ) is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Montana Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Georgi Damyanovo Municipality, which lies in the southern part of Montana Province. The village is located at the foot of the Western Balkan Mountains, with the Ogosta river running nearby. Georgi Damyanovo is situated 20 kilometres from Montana and 136 kilometres from Sofia. Its old name was ''Lopushna'' (Лопушна), but it was renamed in honour of the politician Georgi Damyanov (1892–1958), who was born there. The local community centre (''chitalishte'') was opened in 1899.The region is known with the gold mines explored since the Roman times. Nowadays gold in minimal quantity can be found in the sands of the Ogosta The Ogosta ( bg, Огоста , Latin: ''Augusta''), is the largest river in Northwestern Bulgaria, a right tributary of the Danube. It originates at Chiprovska Mountain, 2,168 meters high se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgi Damyanovo Municipality
Georgi Damyanovo Municipality ( bg, Община Георги Дамяново) is a frontier municipality ('' obshtina'') in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located on the northern slopes of western Stara Planina mountain and the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Georgi Damyanovo. In the southwest, the municipality borders on Republic of Serbia. The municipality embraces a territory of 298 km² with a population of 2,739 inhabitants, as of February 2011.National Statistical Institute - Census 2011 Settlements Georgi Damyanovo Municipality includes the following 13 places all of them villages:Demography The following table shows the change ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiprovtsi
Chiprovtsi ( bg, Чипровци, pronounced ) is a small town in northwestern Bulgaria, administratively part of Montana Province. It lies on the shores of the river Ogosta in the western Balkan Mountains, very close to the Bulgarian-Serbian border. A town of about 2,000 inhabitants, Chiprovtsi is the administrative centre of Chiprovtsi Municipality that also covers nine nearby villages. Chiprovtsi is thought to have been founded in the Late Middle Ages as a mining and metalsmithing centre. Attracting German ore miners who introduced Roman Catholicism to the area, the town grew in importance as a cultural, economic and religious centre of the Bulgarian Catholics and the entire Bulgarian northwest during the first few centuries of Ottoman rule. The apogee of this upsurge was the anti-Ottoman Chiprovtsi Uprising of 1688. After the suppression of the uprising, some of the town's population fled to Habsburg-ruled lands; those unable to flee were killed or enslaved by the Ottoman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiprovtsi Municipality
Chiprovtsi Municipality ( bg, Община Чипровци) is a small frontier municipality ('' obshtina'') in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located on the northern slopes of western Stara Planina mountain and the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Chiprovtsi. In the southwest, the municipality borders on Republic of Serbia. The area embraces a territory of 286.8 km2 with a population of 3,657 inhabitants, as of February 2011.National Statistical Institute - Census 2011 Settlements Chiprovtsi Municipality includes the following 10 places (towns are shown in bold):Geography Chiprovtsi Municipality is located in the western part of Montana Prov ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brusartsi
Brusartsi ( bg, Брусарци ) is a town in Northwestern Bulgaria. It is located in Montana Province and is 23 km away from the town of Lom. The town is the administrative center of the homonymous Brusartsi Municipality. As of December 2009, Brusartsi has a population of 1,302 inhabitants.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Main train lines Mezdra-Vidin and Lom-Mezdra make stops here. Roads link to Lom, , and |
