Georgi Damyanovo Municipality ( bg, Община Георги Дамяново) is a frontier
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
(''
obshtina'') in
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 Balka ...
, Northwestern
Bulgaria
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, located on the northern slopes of western
Stara Planina mountain and the area of the so-called
Fore-Balkan
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. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of
Georgi Damyanovo. In the southwest, the municipality borders on
Republic of Serbia
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.
The municipality embraces a territory of 298 km² with a population of 2,739 inhabitants, as of February 2011.
[National Statistical Institute - Census 2011](_blank)
Settlements
Georgi Damyanovo Municipality includes the following 13 places all of them villages:
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:
See also
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Provinces of Bulgaria
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Municipalities of Bulgaria
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List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
This is a complete list of all cities and towns in Bulgaria sorted by population. Province capitals are shown in bold. Primary sources are the National Statistical Institute (NSI) and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
The largest city is Sofia ...
References
External links
Official website
{{Montana Province
Municipalities in Montana Province