Berkovitsa Municipality

Berkovitsa Municipality
Община Берковица
Municipality
Stara Planina as seen from Berkovitsa
Stara Planina as seen from Berkovitsa
Berkovitsa Municipality within Bulgaria and Montana Province.
Berkovitsa Municipality within Bulgaria and Montana Province.
Coordinates: 43°15′N 23°8′E / 43.250°N 23.133°E / 43.250; 23.133
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Montana
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Berkovitsa
Area
 • Total
470 km2 (180 sq mi)
Population
 (Census February 2011)[1]
 • Total
17,267
 • Density37/km2 (95/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Berkovitsa Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Берковица) is a municipality (obshtina) in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan to the northern slopes of the western Stara planina mountain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Berkovitsa.

The municipality embraces a territory of 470 km2 (180 sq mi) with a population of 18,503 inhabitants, as of February 2011.[1]

Todorini Kukli peak, 1,785 m (5,856 ft), is located in the southeastern part of the area almost on the very border with Varshets Municipality.

Settlements

Berkovitsa Municipality includes the following 20 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[2]
(September 2022)
Berkovitsa Берковица 12,768
Balyuvitsa Балювица 52
Bistrilitsa Бистрилица 141
Bokilovtsi Бокиловци 77
Borovtsi Боровци 657
Barziya Бързия 1,259
Chereshovitsa Черешовица 40
Gaganitsa Гаганица 269
Komarevo Комарево 67
Kostentsi Костенци 46
Kotenovtsi Котеновци 111
Leskovets Лесковец 43
Mezdreya Мездрея 182
Pesochnitsa Песочница 23
Parlichevo Пърличево 62
Rashovitsa Рашовица 5
Slatina Слатина 165
Tsvetkova Bara Цветкова бара 14
Yagodovo Ягодово 176
Zamfirovo Замфирово 1,110
Total 17,267

Demography

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

Berkovitsa Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 28,639 26,565 24,992 22,664 20,812 20,277 19,642 18,503
Sources: Census 2001,[3] Census 2011,[1] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[4]

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:

Religious composition of Berkovitsa Municipality [5]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 77.0%
Catholicism
 
 0.2%
Protestantism
 
 1.7%
Islam
 
 0.0%
No religion
 
 11.1%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 10.0%

Economy

Transportation

Berkovitsa railway station

Berkovitsa has a terminus railway station. It is connected to Montana and has access to the railway connecting Vidin and Vratsa. There is infrequent passenger traffic.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c (in Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Census 2011
  2. ^ (in English) https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/
  3. ^ (in English)National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
  4. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  5. ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.