Georgi Damyanovo Municipality

Georgi Damyanovo Municipality
Община Георги Дамяново
Municipality

Georgi Damyanovo Municipality within Bulgaria and Montana Province.
Coordinates: 43°19′N 23°0′E / 43.317°N 23.000°E / 43.317; 23.000Coordinates: 43°19′N 23°0′E / 43.317°N 23.000°E / 43.317; 23.000
Country  Bulgaria
Province (Oblast) Montana
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) Georgi Damyanovo
Area
 • Total 298 km2 (115 sq mi)
Population (Census February 2011)[1]
 • Total 2,739
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Georgi Damyanovo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Георги Дамяново) is a frontier municipality (obshtina) in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located on the northern slopes of western Stara Planina mountain and the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Georgi Damyanovo. In the southwest, the municipality borders on Republic of Serbia.

The municipality embraces a territory of 298 km² with a population of 2,739 inhabitants, as of February 2011.[1]

Settlements

Montana
•
Berkovitsa
•
Boychinovtsi
•
Brusartsi
•
Chiprovtsi
•
Georgi Damyanovo
•
Lom
•
Medkovets
•
Valchedram
•
Varshets
•
Yakimovo
Georgi Damyanovo Municipality within Montana Province

Georgi Damyanovo Municipality includes the following 13 places all of them villages:

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[2][3][4]
(December 2009)
Georgi Damyanovo Георги Дамяново 566
Chemish Чемиш 81
Diva Slatina Дива Слатина 131
Dalgi Del Дълги дел 191
Elovitsa Еловица 51
Gavril Genovo Гаврил Геново 337
Glavanovtsi Главановци 76
Govezhda Говежда 503
Kamenna Riksa Каменна Рикса 172
Kopilovtsi Копиловци 579
Melyane Меляне 187
Pomezhdin Помеждин 21
Vidlitsa Видлица 127
Total 3,022

Demography

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

Georgi Damyanovo Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 8,739 6,524 5,577 4,462 3,419 3,216 3,022 2,739
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[1] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 (Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Census 2011
  2. ↑ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
  3. ↑ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
  4. ↑ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
  5. ↑ (English)National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
  6. ↑ „pop-stat.mashke.org“

External links

 Chiprovtsi Municipality, Montana Province Montana Municipality, Montana Province
Chiprovtsi Municipality, Montana Province Berkovitsa Municipality, Montana Province
   Georgi Damyanovo Municipality  
 Serbia Godech Municipality, Sofia Province Berkovitsa Municipality, Montana Province
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