Chiprovtsi Municipality
Chiprovtsi Municipality
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Chiprovtsi Municipality (
The area embraces a territory of 286.8 km2 with a population of 3,657 inhabitants, as of February 2011.[1]
Settlements
Chiprovtsi Municipality includes the following 10 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village | Cyrillic
|
Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
---|---|---|
Chiprovtsi | Чипровци | 1,871 |
Belimel | Белимел | 252 |
Chelyustnitsa | Челюстница | 81 |
Gorna Kovachitsa | Горна Ковачица | 118 |
Gorna Luka | Горна Лука | 185 |
Martinovo | Мартиново | 312 |
Mitrovtsi | Митровци | 115 |
Prevala | Превала | 411 |
Ravna | Равна | 47 |
Zhelezna | Железна | 327 |
Total | 3,719 |
Geography
Chiprovtsi Municipality is located in the western part of Montana Province. The municipality has an area of 286.9 square kilometres (110.8 sq mi), which is 7.89% of the provinces' territory and 0.26% of that of Bulgaria. To the east, Chiprovtsi municipality borders Montana and Georgi Damyanovo municipalities of the same province; its southern neighbour is also Georgi Damyanovo. To the west are the Serbian border and Chuprene municipality of Vidin Province and to the north is Ruzhintsi municipality of Vidin Province.[5] Besides the town, the municipality includes nine villages, namely Belimel, Chelyustnitsa, Gorna Kovachitsa, Gorna Luka, Martinovo, Mitrovtsi, Prevala, Ravna and Zhelezna.[6] The town lies 155 km (96 mi) from the Bulgarian capital Sofia, 35 km (22 mi) from the provincial capital Montana, 44 km (27 mi) from Berkovitsa and 18 km (11 mi) from the national border of Bulgaria and Serbia; the nearest Serbian municipality is Surdulica.[5]
Chiprovtsi municipality falls in the
Of the 38 rivers and rivulets that flow across the municipality, the most important are the Ogosta and the Prevalska. There is a
Of the municipality's area of 286.9 km2 (110.8 sq mi), 50.51% or 144.9 km2 (55.9 sq mi) are covered by forests, 42.73% or 122.6 km2 (47.3 sq mi) constitute arable land and 5.71% or 16.4 km2 (6.3 sq mi) are urban areas. The remaining 1.05% are composed of water areas, mines and infrastructure.[8]
Demographics
On 31 July 2005, Chiprovtsi municipality's population was 4,810; 2,375 people were from the town itself—1,167 men and 1,208 women. By June 2008, the town's population had declined to 2,122.
Since 1956, the municipality has experienced
Place | 1934 | 1946 | 1956 | 1965 | 1976 | 1985 | 1992 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2004 | 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Belimel | 1470 | 1432 | 1560 | 1347 | 867 | 657 | 532 | 406 | 380 | 372 | 339 | 206 | 215 |
Chelyustnitsa | 626 | 587 | 483 | 393 | 279 | 200 | 151 | 132 | 129 | 115 | 105 | 98 | 70 |
Chiprovtsi | 2,831 | 3,135 | 3,517 | 4,134 | 3,399 | 3,236 | 3,089 | 2,666 | 2,585 | 2,391 | 2,487 | 2,375 | 1,594 |
Gorna Kovachitsa | 791 | 736 | 607 | 545 | 461 | 322 | 257 | 181 | 186 | 190 | 170 | 160 | 123 |
Gorna Luka | 1,022 | 992 | 903 | 776 | 579 | 464 | 388 | 306 | 293 | 280 | 274 | 251 | 174 |
Martinovo | 854 | 890 | 882 | 1,330 | 1,058 | 710 | 613 | 458 | 440 | 417 | 433 | 410 | 226 |
Mitrovtsi | 971 | 965 | 800 | 580 | 989 | 312 | 241 | 191 | 178 | 162 | 160 | 143 | 151 |
Prevala | 1,599 | 1,719 | 1,529 | 1,391 | 1,201 | 1,042 | 911 | 759 | 713 | 594 | 635 | 565 | 369 |
Ravna | 348 | 360 | 276 | 211 | 153 | 112 | 106 | 83 | 83 | 75 | 75 | 68 | n/a |
Zhelezna | 912 | 973 | 925 | 1,056 | 762 | 623 | 560 | 481 | 461 | 434 | 434 | 414 | 263 |
Total | 11,424 | 11,779 | 11,482 | 11,762 | 9,148 | 7,678 | 6,817 | 5,663 | 5,448 | 5,030 | 5,116 | 4,810 | 3,219 |
Since 2004 the population of the municipality has declined: 2005 = 4,198, 2007 = 3,955, 2009 = 3,719, 2011 = 3,657[14][15][16][17][1][18] The population declined further to 3,219 people at the end of 2017.
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:
Governance
The
The municipal administration is divided into two branches, the common and specialized administration. The common administration is further divided into the "Information Services" and "Financial-economical Activities and Handling of Property" departments; the specialized administration includes the "Planning and Distribution of the Budget" and "Territorial and Village Planning and Building" departments. The municipality has no separate
See also
References
- ^ a b c (in Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Census 2011 Archived April 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ a b Общински план за развитие, p. 6.
- ^ "ОБЩИНА ЧИПРОВЦИ—Състояние на Регистрите за РАЖДАНЕ към 31.12.2007 г" (in Bulgarian). Главна дирекция "Гражданска регистрация и административно обслужване". 2007.
- ^ a b Общински план за развитие, pp. 9–12.
- ^ Общински план за развитие, p. 13.
- ^ "Таблица на населението по постоянен и настоящ адрес" (in Bulgarian). Главна дирекция "Гражданска регистрация и административно обслужване". 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
- ^ a b Общински план за развитие, pp. 14–16.
- ^ Общински план за развитие, p. 22.
- ^ "Равнището на безработица през декември е 6.91%" (in Bulgarian). Агенция по заетостта. 2008-01-22. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
- ^ "Динамика и структура на населението на община Чипровци през периода 1934 – 2005 година", Общински план за развитие, p. 17.
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Municipalities population 1985[permanent dead link]
- ^ (in Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Municipalities population 1992[permanent dead link]
- ^ (in English)National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
- ^ a b "Municipal Services". Official site of Chiprovtzi. Archived from the original on 2007-05-10. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
- ^ "Окончателни резултати: кмет на община Чипровци" (in Bulgarian). Местни избори 2007: Централна избирателна комисия. Archived from the original on 2007-11-09. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
External links
- Official website (in Bulgarian)