Yakimovo Municipality
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Yakimovo Municipality
| native_name = Община Якимово
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_shield =
| image_map = Yakimovo Municipality Within Bulgaria.png
| map_caption = Yakimovo Municipality within Bulgaria and Montana Province.
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{BUL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province {{smaller|(Oblast)}}
| subdivision_name1 = Montana
| subdivision_type2 = Admin. centre {{smaller|(Obshtinski tsentar)}}
| subdivision_name2 = Yakimovo
| timezone = EET
| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = EEST
| utc_offset_DST = +3
| coordinates = {{coord|43|38|N|23|20|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}}
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 221.96
|population_as_of = Census February 2011
|population_total = 4,252
| population_density_km2 = auto
| website =
}}
Yakimovo Municipality ({{langx|bg|Община Якимово}}) is a small municipality (obshtina) in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the area of the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Yakimovo.
The municipality embraces a territory of {{cvt|221.96|km2}} with a population of 4,252 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}}
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{{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}}
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{{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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Yakimovo Municipality includes the following 4 places all of them villages:
class="wikitable sortable"
! Town/Village ! Cyrillic ! Population{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1588#cont Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009]{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/nrnm/index.php?ezik=en&f=8&s=1&date=29.12.2010&e=1&s1=4&c1=2&a1=1000&c=0 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009]{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/nrnm/index.php?ezik=en&f=8&s=1&date=29.12.2010&e=1&s1=4&c1=3&a1=1000&c=1&s2=4&c2=2&a2=5000 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009] |
Yakimovo
| Якимово | align="center" | 1,698 |
Dalgodeltsi
| Дългоделци | align="center" | 931 |
Dolno Tserovene
| Долно Церовене | align="center" | 854 |
Komoshtitsa
| Комощица | align="center" | 1,052 |
Total
! ! align="center" | 4,535 |
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Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
{{Table BG Municipality population
| municipality = Yakimovo
| 1975 = 10,552
| 1985 = 8,030
| 1992 = 7,099
| 2001 = 5,885
| 2005 = 5,105
| 2007 = 4,793
| 2009 = 4,535
| 2011 = 4,252
| 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]{{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]
| 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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|title=Religious composition of Yakimovo 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|84.4}}
{{bar percent|Catholicism|purple|0.3}}
{{bar percent|Protestantism|yellow|1.1}}
{{bar percent|Islam|green|0.0}}
{{bar percent|No religion|red|6.7}}
{{bar percent|Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable|gray|7.5}}
}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.iakimovo.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71:informatziya&catid=23:za-obshtina-yakimovo&Itemid=76&lang=en Official website] {{in lang|en}}
{{Geographic Location
|Centre = Yakimovo Municipality
|North = Lom Municipality, Montana Province
|Northeast = Valchedram Municipality, Montana Province
|East = Valchedram Municipality, Montana Province
|Southeast = Boychinovtsi Municipality, Montana Province
|South = Montana Municipality, Montana Province
|Southwest = Montana Municipality, Montana Province
|West = Medkovets Municipality, Montana Province
|Northwest = Medkovets Municipality, Montana Province
}}
{{Montana Province}}
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