Dimovo Municipality
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dimovo Municipality
| native_name = Община Димово
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_shield =
| image_map = Dimovo Municipality Within Bulgaria.png
| map_caption = Dimovo Municipality within Bulgaria and Vidin Province.
| image_skyline = E79 in Dimovo.jpg
| image_caption = E78 road in Dimovo
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{BUL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province {{smaller|(Oblast)}}
| subdivision_name1 = Vidin
| subdivision_type2 = Admin. centre {{smaller|(Obshtinski tsentar)}}
| subdivision_name2 = Dimovo
| timezone = EET
| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = EEST
| utc_offset_DST = +3
| coordinates = {{coord|43|43|N|22|46|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}}
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 402.87
|population_as_of = December 2009
|population_total = 7,175
| population_density_km2 = auto
| website =
}}
Dimovo Municipality ({{langx|bg|Община Димово}}) is a municipality (obshtina) in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Dimovo.
The municipality embraces a territory of {{cvt|402.87|km2}} with a population of 7,175 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/20101113000000/http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1585#cont |date=November 13, 2010 }}
The main road E79 (I-1) crosses the area, connecting the province centre of Vidin with the city of Montana and respectively with the western operating part of Hemus motorway.
Settlements
{{Image label begin|image=Map of Dimovo municipality (Vidin Province).png|width=264|thumb=1|float=right|caption=Dimovo Municipality within Vidin Province}}
{{Image label small|x=1.48|y=1.02|scale=100|text=Image:Capital city marker.svgVidin}}
{{Image label small|x=1.12|y=2.90|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=0.97|y=2.98|scale=100|text=Chuprene}}
{{Image label small|x=1.20|y=2.50|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=0.60|y=2.42|scale=100|text=Belogradchik}}
{{Image label small|x=0.80|y=1.15|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=0.58|y=1.07|scale=100|text=Boynitsa}}
{{Image label small|x=1.22|y=0.40|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=1.00|y=0.48|scale=100|text=Bregovo}}
{{Image label small|x=1.20|y=1.62|scale=100|text=•}}
{{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=0.75|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}}
{{Image label small|x=1.65|y=2.52|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=1.60|y=2.60|scale=100|text=Ruzhintsi}}
{{Image label end}}
Dimovo Municipality includes the following 23 places (towns are shown in bold):
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
{{Table BG Municipality population
| municipality = Dimovo
| 1975 = 9,520
| 1985 = 7,500
| 1992 = 10,608
| 2001 = 8,783
| 2005 = 8,065
| 2007 = 7,531
| 2009 = 7,175
| 2011 = 6,514
| ref 1 = {{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=December 2016 |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=December 2016 |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 = [http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-division.htm „pop-stat.mashke.org“]
}}
= Vital statistics =
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;" | |||||||
| Population | Live births | Deaths | Natural growth | Birth rate (‰) | Death rate (‰) | Natural growth rate (‰) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center;"| 2000 | 9,208 | ||||||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2001 | 8,524 | ||||||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2002 | 8,337 | ||||||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2003 | 8,221 | ||||||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2004 | 8,127 | ||||||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2005 | 8,065 | ||||||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2006 | 7,775 | ||||||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2007 | 7,531 | ||||||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2008 | 7,319 | ||||||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2009 | 7,175 | ||||||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2010 | 7,066 | ||||||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2011 | 6,440 | ||||||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2012 | 6,285 | ||||||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2013 | 6,126 | ||||||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2014 | 5,977 | ||||||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2015 | 6,050 | ||||||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2016 | 5,845 | ||||||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2017 | 5,804 | ||||||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2018 | 5,596 |
= 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 Dimovo Municipality {{cite web|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-religion2011.htm|title=Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011|website=pop-stat.mashke.org}}
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|bars=
{{bar percent|Orthodox Christianity|blue|91.1}}
{{bar percent|Catholicism|purple|0.3}}
{{bar percent|Protestantism|yellow|0.2}}
{{bar percent|Islam|green|0.0}}
{{bar percent|No religion|red|5.4}}
{{bar percent|Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable|gray|3.0}}
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An overwhelming majority of the population of Dimovo Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 91.1% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
See also
References
External links
- [http://www.dimovo.bg/?page=pages&pid=5 Official website] {{in lang|bg}}
{{Geographic Location
|Centre = Dimovo Municipality
|North = Vidin Municipality
|Northeast = {{flag|Romania}} beyond the Danube river
|East = Lom Municipality, Montana Province
|Southeast = Ruzhintsi Municipality, Vidin Province
|South = Chuprene Municipality, Vidin Province
|Southwest = Belogradchik Municipality, Vidin Province
|West = Makresh Municipality, Vidin Province
|Northwest = Gramada Municipality, Vidin Province
}}
{{Vidin Province}}