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.
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 | |
| 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 |
| • Density | 9.2/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The municipality embraces a territory of 298 km2 (115 sq mi) with a population of 2,739 inhabitants, as of February 2011.[1]
Settlements
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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
editThe 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] | ||||||||
Religion
editAccording to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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
- ^ (in English)National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
External links
edit- Official website (in English)