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('' obshtina'') in

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, Northwestern

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, located in the Danubian Plain about 20 km southwest of

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. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of

Boynitsa Boynitsa ( bg, Бойница, ; also transliterated ''Bojnica'', ''Bojnitsa'', ''Boinitsa'', ''Boynitza'', ''Boinitza'', ''Boinica'', etc.; ro, Boinița) is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vidin Province. It is the administrative ce ...

. The area borders on the

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to the west and northwest. The municipality embraces a territory of 166 km² with a population of 1,717 inhabitants, as of December 2009.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009

Settlements

Boynitsa Municipality includes the following 8 places all of them villages:

Demography

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

Vital statistics

As of most recent statistics from 2021, the population of Boynitsa dropped further to 780 people. There were only 2 births recorded and 54 deaths. That means that the population dropped by 52 people, because of natural increase. In the period between 2000-2021 there were a total of 112 births recorded. The number of deaths in the same period was 1,627. That means that the population of Boynitsa declined by 1,515 people just because the fact more people are dying than that being born. Boynitsa is one of the smallest municipalities by population (only

Treklyano Municipality Treklyano Municipality ( bg, Община Трекляно, trl ''Obština Trekljano'') is a municipality in Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a count ...

has a smaller population).

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:

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