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Berkovitsa Municipality

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Berkovitsa Municipality

| native_name = Община Берковица

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_shield =

| image_map = Berkovitsa Municipality Within Bulgaria.png

| map_caption = Berkovitsa Municipality within Bulgaria and Montana Province.

| image_skyline = Stara Planina in Berkovitsa.jpg

| image_caption = Stara Planina as seen from Berkovitsa

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{BUL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province {{smaller|(Oblast)}}

| subdivision_name1 = Montana

| subdivision_type2 = Admin. centre {{smaller|(Obshtinski tsentar)}}

| subdivision_name2 = Berkovitsa

| timezone = EET

| utc_offset = +2

| timezone_DST = EEST

| utc_offset_DST = +3

| coordinates = {{coord|43|15|N|23|8|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}}

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 470

| population_footnotes =

| population_as_of = Census February 2011

| population_total = 17,267

| population_density_km2 = auto

| website =

}}

Berkovitsa Municipality ({{langx|bg|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 {{cvt|470|km2}} with a population of 18,503 inhabitants, as of February 2011.{{in lang|bg}}[http://www.nsi.bg/census2011/pagebg2.php?p2=36&sp2=91&SSPP2=92 National Statistical Institute - Census 2011]

Todorini Kukli peak, {{cvt|1,785|m}}, is located in the southeastern part of the area almost on the very border with Varshets Municipality.

Settlements

{{Image label begin|image=Map of Berkovitsa municipality (Montana Province).png|width=264|thumb=1|float=right|caption=Berkovitsa Municipality within Montana Province}}

{{Image label small|x=1.22|y=1.58|scale=100|text=Image:Capital city marker.svgMontana}}

{{Image label small|x=1.10|y=2.21|scale=100|text=•}}

{{Image label small|x=0.90|y=2.13|scale=100|text=Berkovitsa}}

{{Image label small|x=1.63|y=1.43|scale=100|text=•}}

{{Image label small|x=1.60|y=1.35|scale=100|text=Boychinovtsi}}

{{Image label small|x=1.00|y=0.80|scale=100|text=•}}

{{Image label small|x=0.60|y=0.88|scale=100|text=Brusartsi}}

{{Image label small|x=0.58|y=1.70|scale=100|text=•}}

{{Image label small|x=0.35|y=1.62|scale=100|text=Chiprovtsi}}

{{Image label small|x=0.87|y=1.73|scale=100|text=•}}

{{Image label small|x=0.52|y=1.81|scale=100|text=Georgi Damyanovo}}

{{Image label small|x=1.40|y=0.30|scale=100|text=•}}

{{Image label small|x=1.40|y=0.38|scale=100|text=Lom}}

{{Image label small|x=1.25|y=0.97|scale=100|text=•}}

{{Image label small|x=1.10|y=0.89|scale=100|text=Medkovets}}

{{Image label small|x=1.90|y=0.75|scale=100|text=•}}

{{Image label small|x=1.75|y=0.67|scale=100|text=Valchedram}}

{{Image label small|x=1.47|y=2.35|scale=100|text=•}}

{{Image label small|x=1.35|y=2.43|scale=100|text=Varshets}}

{{Image label small|x=1.68|y=0.93|scale=100|text=•}}

{{Image label small|x=1.47|y=1.01|scale=100|text=Yakimovo}}

{{Image label end}}

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

class="wikitable sortable"

! Town/Village

! Cyrillic

! Population{{in lang|en}} https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/
(September 2022)

Berkovitsa

| Берковица

| align="center" | 12,768

Balyuvitsa

| Балювица

| align="center" | 52

Bistrilitsa

| Бистрилица

| align="center" | 141

Bokilovtsi

| Бокиловци

| align="center" | 77

Borovtsi

| Боровци

| align="center" | 657

Barziya

| Бързия

| align="center" | 1,259

Chereshovitsa

| Черешовица

| align="center" | 40

Gaganitsa

| Гаганица

| align="center" | 269

Komarevo

| Комарево

| align="center" | 67

Kostentsi

| Костенци

| align="center" | 46

Kotenovtsi

| Котеновци

| align="center" | 111

Leskovets

| Лесковец

| align="center" | 43

Mezdreya

| Мездрея

| align="center" | 182

Pesochnitsa

| Песочница

| align="center" | 23

Parlichevo

| Пърличево

| align="center" | 62

Rashovitsa

| Рашовица

| align="center" | 5

Slatina

| Слатина

| align="center" | 165

Tsvetkova Bara

| Цветкова бара

| align="center" | 14

Yagodovo

| Ягодово

| align="center" | 176

Zamfirovo

| Замфирово

| align="center" | 1,110

Total

!

! align="center" | 17,267

Demography

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

{{Table BG Municipality population

| municipality = Berkovitsa

| 1975 = 28,639

| 1985 = 26,565

| 1992 = 24,992

| 2001 = 22,664

| 2005 = 20,812

| 2007 = 20,277

| 2009 = 19,642

| 2011 = 18,503

| ref 1 = {{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1585#cont Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113165626/http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1585#cont |date=November 13, 2010 }}{{in lang|bg}}[http://statlib.nsi.bg:8181/isisbgstat/ssp/lister.asp?content=/Fullt/extpages/DN_21_2_1985_1988/DN_21_2_1985_1988_P*.pdf&from=1&to=464&index=&cont=/Fullt/extpages/DN_21_2_1985_1988/DN_21_2_1985_1988_content.pdf&type=%F1%F2%F0%E0%ED%E8%F6%E8 National Statistical Institute - Municipalities population 1985]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{in lang|bg}}[http://statlib.nsi.bg:8181/isisbgstat/ssp/lister.asp?content=/Fullt/extpages/DN_21_2_1992_1994/DN_21_2_1992_1994_P*.pdf&from=1&to=282&index=&cont=/Fullt/extpages/DN_21_2_1992_1994/DN_21_2_1992_1994_content.pdf&type=%F1%F2%F0%E0%ED%E8%F6%E8 National Statistical Institute - Municipalities population 1992]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| ref 2 = {{in lang|en}}[http://www.nsi.bg/Census_e/Census_e.htm National Statistical Institute - Census 2001]

| ref 3 =

| ref 4 = [http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-division.htm „pop-stat.mashke.org“]

}}

= 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:

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|width=300px

|title=Religious composition of Berkovitsa Municipality {{cite web|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-religion2011.htm|title=Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011|website=pop-stat.mashke.org}}

|titlebar=#ddd

|bars=

{{bar percent|Orthodox Christianity|blue|77.0}}

{{bar percent|Catholicism|purple|0.2}}

{{bar percent|Protestantism|yellow|1.7}}

{{bar percent|Islam|green|0.0}}

{{bar percent|No religion|red|11.1}}

{{bar percent|Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable|gray|10.0}}

}}

Economy

=Transportation=

File:Berkovitsa railway station building.jpg

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

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20180815163246/http://www.berkovitsa.bg/ Official website] {{in lang|bg}}

{{Geographic Location

|Centre = Berkovitsa Municipality

|North = Montana Municipality, Montana Province

|Northeast = Montana Municipality, Montana Province

|East = Varshets Municipality, Montana Province

|Southeast = Varshets Municipality, Montana Province

|South = Godech Municipality, Sofia Province

|Southwest = Godech Municipality, Sofia Province

|West = Georgi Damyanovo Municipality, Montana Province

|Northwest = Georgi Damyanovo Municipality, Montana Province

}}

{{Montana Province}}

Category:Municipalities in Montana Province