Montana Province

Coordinates: 43°36′N 23°11′E / 43.6°N 23.183°E / 43.6; 23.183

Montana Province Област Монтана
—  Province  —
Location of Montana Province in Bulgaria
Country	Bulgaria
Capital	Montana
Municipalities	11
Government
• Governor	Ivaylo Petrov
Area
• Total	3,635.5 km2 (1,403.7 sq mi)
Population (Census February 2011 [1])
• Total	148,098
• Density	41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
License plate	M
Website	www.MontanaBG.org

Montana Province (Bulgarian: 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 Balkan mountain. As of February 2011, the province has a population of 148,098 inhabitants,^[1] on territory of 3,635.5 km². It was named after its administrative centre the city of Montana.

Municipalities

Municipalities in Montana province

The Montana province (Област, oblast) contains 11 municipalities (singular: oбщина, obshtina - plural: Общини, obshtini). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and in Cyrillic, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population as of 2011.

Demography

The Montana province had a population of 148,098 according to a 2011 census, of which 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female.^[7] As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 155,899^[2] of which 30.5% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.^[8]

The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:

Religion

In the 2011 census, 136,175 people from Montana province identified one of the following as their religion (with percentage of total population):^[14]

Language

In the 2001 census, 181,208 people from Montana province identified one of the following as their mother tongue (with percentage of total population): 160,494 Bulgarian (88.1%), 19,849 Roma (Gypsy) (10.9%), 220 Turkish (0.1%), and 645 other (0.4%).^[15]

Ethnic groups

In the 2001 census, 181,175 people from Montana province identified themselves as belonging to one of the following ethnic groups (with percentage of total population):^[16]

Towns and villages

The place names in bold have the status of town (in Bulgarian: град, transliterated as grad). Other localities have the status of village (in Bulgarian: село, transliterated as selo). The names of localities are transliterated in Latin alphabet,^[17][18] followed in parentheses by the original name in Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet which links to the corresponding Bulgarian Wikipedia article).

Berkovitsa (Берковица)

The Berkovitsa municipality has one town (in bold) and 19 villages:

Balyuvitsa (Балювица) · Barzia (Бързия) · Berkovitsa (Берковица) · Bistrilitsa (Бистрилица) · Bokilovtsi (Бокиловци) · Borovtsi (Боровци) · Gaganitsa (Гаганица) · Komarevo (Комарево) · Kostentsi (Костенци) · Kotenovtsi (Котеновци) · Leskovets (Лесковец) · Mezdreya (Мездрея) · Parlichevo (Пърличево) · Pesochnitsa (Песочница) · Rashovitsa (Рашовица) · Slatina (Слатина) · Chereshovitsa (Черешовица) · Tsvetkova bara (Цветкова бара) · Yagodovo (Ягодово) · Zamfirovo (Замфирово)

Boychinovtsi (Бойчиновци)

The Boychinovtsi municipality has one town (in bold) and 12 villages:

Beli breg (Бели брег) · Beli brod (Бели брод) · Boychinovtsi (Бойчиновци) · Erden (Ерден) · Gromshin (Громшин) · Kobilyak (Кобиляк) · Lehchevo (Лехчево) · Madan (Мадан) · Marchevo (Мърчево) · Ohrid (Охрид) · Palilula (Палилула) · Portitovtsi (Портитовци) · Vladimirovo (Владимирово)

Brusartsi (Брусарци)

The Brusartsi municipality has one town (in bold) and nine villages:

Bukovets (Буковец) · Brusartsi (Брусарци) · Dabova mahala (Дъбова махала) · Dondukovo (Дондуково) · Kiselevo (Киселево) · Knyazheva mahala (Княжева махала) · Kriva bara (Крива бара) · Odorovtsi (Одоровци) · Smirnenski (Смирненски) · Vasilovtsi (Василовци)

Chiprovtsi (Чипровци)

The Chiprovtsi municipality has one town (in bold) and nine villages:

Belimel (Белимел) · Chelyustnitsa (Челюстница) · Chiprovtsi (Чипровци) · Gorna Kovachitsa (Горна Ковачица) · Gorna Luka (Горна Лука) · Martinovo (Мартиново) · Mitrovtsi (Митровци) · Prevala (Превала) · Ravna (Равна) · Zhelezna (Железна)

Georgi Damyanovo (Георги Дамяново)

The Georgi Damyanovo municipality has 13 villages:

Chemish (Чемиш) · Dalgi del (Дълги дел) · Diva Slatina (Дива Слатина) · Elovitsa (Еловица) · Gavril Genovo (Гаврил Геново) · Georgi Damyanovo (Георги Дамяново) · Glavanovtsi (Главановци) · Govezhda (Говежда) · Kamenna Riksa (Каменна Рикса) · Kopilovtsi (Копиловци) · Melyane (Меляне) · Pomezhdin (Помеждин) · Vidlitsa (Видлица)

Lom (Лом)

The Lom municipality has one town (in bold) and nine villages:

Dobri dol (Добри дол) · Dolno Linevo (Долно Линево) · Kovachitsa (Ковачица) · Lom (Лом) · Orsoya (Орсоя) · Slivata (Сливата) · Staliyska mahala (Сталийска махала) · Stanevo (Станево) · Traykovo (Трайково) · Zamfir (Замфир)

Medkovets (Медковец)

The Medkovets municipality has five villages:

Asparuhovo (Аспарухово) · Medkovets (Медковец) · Pishurka (Пишурка) · Rasovo (Расово) · Slivovik (Сливовик)

Montana (Монтана)

The Montana municipality has one town (in bold) and 23 villages:

Belotintsi (Белотинци) · Bezdenitsa (Безденица) · Blagovo (Благово) · Doktor Yosifovo (Доктор Йосифово) · Dolna Riksa (Долна Рикса) · Dolna Verenitsa (Долна Вереница) · Dolno Belotintsi (Долно Белотинци) · Gabrovnitsa (Габровница) · Gorna Verenitsa (Горна Вереница) · Gorno Tserovene (Горно Церовене) · Klisuritsa (Клисурица) · Krapchene (Крапчене) · Lipen (Липен) · Montana (Монтана) · Nikolovo (Николово) · Slavotin (Славотин) · Smolyanovtsi (Смоляновци) · Stubel (Стубел) · Studeno buche (Студено буче) · Sumer (Сумер) · Trifonovo (Трифоново) · Vinište (Винище) · Virove (Вирове) · Voynitsi (Войници)

Valchedram (Вълчедръм)

The Valchedram municipality has one town (in bold) and ten villages:

Botevo (Ботево) · Buzovets (Бъзовец) · Cherni vrakh (Черни връх) · Dolni Tsibar (Долни Цибър) · Gorni Tsibar (Горни Цибър) · Ignatovo (Игнатово) · Mokresh (Мокреш) · Razgrad (Разград) · Septemvriytsi (Септемврийци) · Valchedram (Вълчедръм) · Zlatiya (Златия)

Varshets (Вършец)

The Varshets municipality has one town (in bold), eight villages and one monastery (which has official status as a locality^[19]):

Cherkaski (Черкаски) · Dolna Bela rechka (Долна Бела речка) · Dolno Ozirovo (Долно Озирово) · Draganitsa (Драганица) · Klisurski Monastery (Клисурски манастир) · Gorna Bela rechka (Горна Бела речка) · Gorno Ozirovo (Горно Озирово) · Spanchevtsi (Спанчевци) · Stoyanovo (Стояново) · Varshets (Вършец)

Yakimovo (Якимово)

The Yakimovo municipality has four villages:

Dalgodeltsi (Дългоделци) · Dolno Tserovene (Долно Церовене) · Komoshtitsa (Комощица) · Yakimovo (Якимово)

See also

• Provinces of Bulgaria
• Municipalities of Bulgaria
• List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
• List of towns and villages in Montana Province

References

External links

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