Bregovo Municipality
Municipality in Vidin, Bulgaria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bregovo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Брегово) is a frontier 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 Bregovo. The area borders on the Republic of Serbia to the west and Romania beyond the Danube to the north and it is the most northwestern part of the country.
Bregovo Municipality
Община Брегово | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Bregovo Municipality within Bulgaria and Vidin Province. | |
| Coordinates: 44°8′N 22°39′E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Vidin |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Bregovo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 180 km2 (70 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
| • Total | 6,168 |
| • Density | 34/km2 (89/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The municipality covers a territory of 180 km2 (69 sq mi) with a population of 6,168 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
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Chuprene
Belogradchik
Boynitsa
Gramada
Dimovo
Kula
Makresh
Novo Selo
Ruzhintsi
Bregovo Municipality includes the following 10 places (towns are shown in bold):
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Bregovo Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 12,144 | 10,243 | 9,231 | 7,515 | 6,725 | 6,539 | 6,168 | 5,514 |
| Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7] | ||||||||
Ethnic composition
According to the 2011 census, among those who answered the optional question on ethnic identification, the ethnic composition of the municipality was the following:[8]
| Ethnic group | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgarians | 5147 | 95.4% |
| Turks | 0 | 0% |
| Roma (Gypsy) | 152 | 2.8% |
| Other | 66 | 1.2% |
| Undeclared | 32 | 0.6% |
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 Bregovo Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 83.9% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
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