Vidin Province
Vidin Province () is the northwesternmost province of Bulgaria. It borders Serbia to the west and Romania to the northeast. Its administrative centre is the city of Vidin on the Danube river. The area is divided into 11 municipalities. As of December 2009, the province has a population of 108,067 inhabitants. There are remains of many castles, including Baba Vida, one of the last Bulgarian strongholds during the Ottoman invasion and the Belogradchik fortress. Municipalities The Vidin Province contains 11 municipalities (singular: община, ''obshtina'' - plural: общини, ''obshtini''). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population of each as of December 2009. Geography The territory of the province includes the most western parts of the Danubian Plain and Stara Planina, while the Danube forms the border with Romania. The slopes of Stara Planina are covered with dense f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Kula Municipality, Bulgaria
Kula Municipality ( bg, Община Кула) is a municipality ('' obshtina'') in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 10 km southwest of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Kula. The area borders on the Republic of Serbia to the west. The municipality embraces a territory of 291 km2 with a population of 4,958 inhabitants, as of December 2009.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Settlements Kula Municipality includes the following 9 places (towns are shown in bold):Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last fo ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dimovo
Dimovo ( bg, Димово ) is a town in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vidin Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Dimovo Municipality, which lies in the eastern part of Vidin Province, from Vidin at the Danube and from Bregovo at the Timok River and the Serbian border. As of December 2009, Dimovo had a population of 1,211 inhabitants.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 The town is located in the western Danubian Plain. Until the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dimovo Municipality
Dimovo Municipality ( bg, Община Димово) is a municipality ('' obshtina'') in Vidin 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 Dimovo. The municipality embraces a territory of 402.87 km² with a population of 7,175 inhabitants, as of December 2009.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 The main road E79 ( I-1) crosses the area, connecting the province cent ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gramada, Bulgaria
Gramada ( bg, Грамада, ; "heap, pile") is a town in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vidin Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Gramada Municipality, which lies in the central part of Vidin Province. It is located in the western Danubian Plain, from the provincial capital Vidin and from Sofia. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 1,647 inhabitants.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Municipality Gramada municipality covers an area of and includes the following eight places: Gramada municipality is situated in a plain and is crossed by the rivers Vidbol, Kormanitsa, Gramada River and Yasova Bara. The municipality is mainly agricultural, cultivating grain, vin ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gramada Municipality
Gramada Municipality ( bg, Община Грамада) is a small municipality ('' obshtina'') in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 8 km southwest of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Gramada. The municipality embraces a territory of 184 km² with a population of 2,384 inhabitants, as of December 2009.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 The easternmost border of the area is linked by the main road E79 which connects the province centre of [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vidin Municipality
Vidin Municipality ( bg, Община Видин) is a municipality ('' obshtina'') in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the city of Vidin which is also the capital of the province. The municipality embraces a territory of 501 km² with a population of 66,126 inhabitants, as of December 2009. The main road E79 crosses the area, connecting the province centre of Vidin with the city of Montana and respectively with the western operating part of Hemus motorway. Settlements Vidin Municipality includes the following 34 places (towns are shown in bold): Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Vidin Municipality has comprised the former municipality of Dunavtsi and the numbers in the table reflect this unification. Ethnicity According to the 2011 census, among those who answered the o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bregovo
Bregovo ( bg, Брегово ; ro, Bregovo) is a town in the very northwest of Bulgaria, situated on the east bank of the Timok River close to its mouth. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Bregovo Municipality, Vidin Province. The town is located close to the city of Vidin near the national border crossings with Serbia and Romania. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 2,592 inhabitants.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 The name of the town was first attested in writing in 1560 in an Ottoman register. It is derived from ''breg'', meaning "shore" (in this case, the Timok shore), while '' [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |