Valchedram Municipality
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Valchedram Municipality
| native_name = Община Вълчедръм
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_shield =
| image_map = Valchedram Municipality Within Bulgaria.png
| map_caption = Valchedram Municipality within Bulgaria and Montana Province.
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{BUL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province {{smaller|(Oblast)}}
| subdivision_name1 = Vidin
| subdivision_type2 = Admin. centre {{smaller|(Obshtinski tsentar)}}
| subdivision_name2 = Valchedram
| timezone = EET
| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = EEST
| utc_offset_DST = +3
| coordinates = {{coord|43|43|N|23|30|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}}
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 429
|population_as_of = Census February 2011
|population_total = 9,771
| population_density_km2 = auto
| website =
}}
Valchedram Municipality ({{langx|bg|Община Вълчедръм}}) is a frontier municipality (obshtina) in Montana 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 Valchedram. The area borders on Romania beyond the Danube to the north.
The municipality embraces a territory of {{cvt|429|km2}} with a population of 9,771 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]
Settlements
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{{Image label small|x=1.22|y=1.58|scale=100|text=Image:Capital city marker.svgMontana}}
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{{Image label small|x=0.90|y=2.13|scale=100|text=Berkovitsa}}
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{{Image label small|x=1.60|y=1.35|scale=100|text=Boychinovtsi}}
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{{Image label small|x=0.60|y=0.88|scale=100|text=Brusartsi}}
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{{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}}
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Valchedram Municipality includes the following 11 places (towns are shown in bold):
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Valchedram Municipality has comprised the former municipality of Zlatiya and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.
{{Table BG Municipality population
| municipality = Valchedram
| 1975 = 13,538
| 1985 = 11,394
| 1992 = 15,852
| 2001 = 13,146
| 2005 = 11,645
| 2007 = 10,986
| 2009 = 10,398
| 2011 = 9,771
| 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]{{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 2018 |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 2018 |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 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 Valchedram 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|67.0}}
{{bar percent|Catholicism|purple|0.4}}
{{bar percent|Protestantism|yellow|0.4}}
{{bar percent|Islam|green|0.0}}
{{bar percent|No religion|red|13.3}}
{{bar percent|Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable|gray|18.9}}
}}
See also
References
External links
- [http://www.valchedram.com/index.html Official website] {{in lang|bg}}
{{Geographic Location
|Centre = Valchedram Municipality
|North = {{flag|Romania}} beyond the Danube river
|Northeast =
|East = Kozloduy Municipality, Vratsa Province
|Southeast = Hayredin Municipality, Vratsa Province
|South = Boychinovtsi Municipality, Montana Province
|Southwest =
|West = Yakimovo Municipality, Montana Province
|Northwest = Lom Municipality, Montana Province
}}
{{Montana Province}}