Boynitsa Municipality
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Boynitsa Municipality
| native_name = Община Бойница
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_shield =
| image_map = Boynitsa Municipality Within Bulgaria.png
| map_caption = Boynitsa Municipality within Bulgaria and Vidin Province.
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{BUL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province {{smaller|(Oblast)}}
| subdivision_name1 = Vidin
| subdivision_type2 = Admin. centre {{smaller|(Obshtinski tsentar)}}
| subdivision_name2 = Boynitsa
| timezone = EET
| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = EEST
| utc_offset_DST = +3
| coordinates = {{coord|43|58|N|22|30|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}}
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 166
|population_as_of = 2021
|population_total = 780
| population_density_km2 = auto
| website =
}}
Boynitsa Municipality ({{langx|bg|Община Бойница}}) is a small frontier municipality (obshtina) in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 20 km southwest of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Boynitsa. The area borders on the Republic of Serbia to the west and northwest.
The municipality embraces a territory of {{cvt|166|km2}} with a population of 1,717 inhabitants, as of December 2009.{{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 }}
Settlements
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{{Image label small|x=1.48|y=1.02|scale=100|text=Image:Capital city marker.svgVidin}}
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{{Image label small|x=0.97|y=2.98|scale=100|text=Chuprene}}
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{{Image label small|x=0.60|y=2.42|scale=100|text=Belogradchik}}
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{{Image label small|x=0.58|y=1.07|scale=100|text=Boynitsa}}
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{{Image label small|x=1.00|y=0.48|scale=100|text=Bregovo}}
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{{Image label small|x=1.00|y=1.70|scale=100|text=Gramada}}
{{Image label small|x=1.35|y=2.03|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=1.40|y=2.11|scale=100|text=Dimovo}}
{{Image label small|x=0.76|y=1.48|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=0.54|y=1.53|scale=100|text=Kula}}
{{Image label small|x=1.17|y=1.92|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=0.65|y=1.92|scale=100|text=Makresh}}
{{Image label small|x=1.60|y=0.37|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=1.63|y=0.30|scale=100|text=Novo Selo}}
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{{Image label small|x=1.60|y=2.60|scale=100|text=Ruzhintsi}}
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Boynitsa Municipality includes the following 8 places all of them villages:
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population since World War II.
{{historical populations|1946|9949|1956|8805|1965|7297|1975|5466|1985|4746|1992|3330|2001|2270|2011|1341|2021|763|align=right|cols=1|source={{cite web|title=Division of Bulgaria|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-division.htm}}{{cite web|title=POPULATION BY DISTRICTS, MUNICIPALITIES AND SEX AS OF 1.03.2001|url=https://www.nsi.bg/Census_e/Census_e.htm|publisher=National Statistical Institute}}{{cite web|title=POPULATION BY STATISTICAL REGIONS, DISTRICS, MUNICIPALITIES, SETTLEMENTS, SEX AND AGE (2021 Census)|url=https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/reports/query.jsf?x_2=1962|publisher=National Statistical Institute}}}}
= Vital statistics =
As of most recent statistics from 2024, the population of Boynitsa dropped further to 712 people. There were no births recorded and 25 deaths. That means that the population dropped by 25 people, because of natural increase. In the period between 2000-2024 there were a total of 119 births recorded. The number of deaths in the same period was 1,719. That means that the population of Boynitsa declined by 1,600 people just because the fact more people are dying than that being born. Boynitsa is one of the smallest municipalities by population (only Treklyano Municipality has a smaller population).
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Population | Live births | Deaths | Natural growth | Birth rate (‰) | Death rate (‰) | Natural growth rate (‰) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
align="center"| 2000 | 2,335 | 13 | 96 | -83 | 5.6 | 41.1 | -35.5 |
align="center"| 2001 | 2,186 | 12 | 90 | -78 | 5.5 | 41.2 | -35.7 |
align="center"| 2002 | 2,152 | 7 | 84 | -77 | 3.3 | 39.0 | -35.8 |
align="center"| 2003 | 2,139 | 7 | 67 | -60 | 3.3 | 31.3 | -28.0 |
align="center"| 2004 | 2,075 | 4 | 81 | -77 | 1.9 | 39.0 | -37.1 |
align="center"| 2005 | 1,947 | 3 | 117 | -114 | 1.5 | 60.1 | -58.6 |
align="center"| 2006 | 1,850 | 8 | 92 | -84 | 4.3 | 49.7 | -45.4 |
align="center"| 2007 | 1,913 | 4 | 72 | -68 | 2.1 | 37.6 | -35.5 |
align="center"| 2008 | 1,797 | 5 | 89 | -84 | 2.8 | 49.5 | -46.7 |
align="center"| 2009 | 1,717 | 5 | 74 | -69 | 2.9 | 43.1 | -40.2 |
align="center"| 2010 | 1,659 | 7 | 70 | -63 | 4.2 | 43.2 | -38.0 |
align="center"| 2011 | 1,293 | 6 | 72 | -66 | 4.6 | 55.7 | -51.0 |
align="center"| 2012 | 1,218 | 3 | 73 | -70 | 2.5 | 59.9 | -57.4 |
align="center"| 2013 | 1,169 | 7 | 65 | -58 | 6.0 | 55.6 | -49.6 |
align="center"| 2014 | 1,126 | 3 | 60 | -57 | 2.7 | 53.3 | -50.6 |
align="center"| 2015 | 1,143 | 0 | 52 | -52 | 0.0 | 45.5 | -45.5 |
align="center"| 2016 | 1,077 | 4 | 56 | -52 | 3.7 | 52.0 | -48.3 |
align="center"| 2017 | 996 | 4 | 46 | -42 | 4.0 | 46.2 | -42.2 |
align="center"| 2018 | 936 | 2 | 55 | -53 | 2.1 | 58.8 | -56.6 |
align="center"| 2019 | 869 | 4 | 45 | -41 | 4.6 | 51.8 | -47.2 |
align="center"| 2020 | 823 | 2 | 40 | -38 | 2.4 | 48.6 | -46.2 |
align="center"| 2021 | 780 | 2 | 54 | -52 | 2.6 | 69.2 | -66.6 |
align="center"| 2022 | 740 | 1 | 43 | -42 | 1.4 | 58.1 | -56.7 |
align="center"| 2023 | 744 | 6 | 24 | -18 | 8.1 | 32.3 | -24.2 |
align="center"| 2024 | 712 | 0 | 25 | -25 | 0.0 | 35.1 | -35.1 |
= 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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{{bar percent|Orthodox Christianity|blue|77.7}}
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{{bar percent|Protestantism|yellow|0.6}}
{{bar percent|Islam|green|0.0}}
{{bar percent|No religion|red|5.1}}
{{bar percent|Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable|gray|16.6}}
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See also
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120307081131/http://en.vidin.government.bg/094/60-16-16/Boinica%20.html Info website] {{in lang|en}}
{{Geographic Location
|Centre = Boynitsa Municipality
|North = {{flag|Serbia}}
|Northeast = Bregovo Municipality, Vidin Province
|East = Vidin Municipality, Vidin Province
|Southeast = Kula Municipality, Vidin Province
|South = Kula Municipality, Vidin Province
|Southwest = Kula Municipality, Vidin Province
|West = {{flag|Serbia}}
|Northwest = {{flag|Serbia}}
}}
{{Vidin Province}}