Montana Province
| Montana Province Област Монтана |
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| — Province — | |
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| Kintra | Bulgarie |
| Caipital | Montana |
| Municipalities | 11 |
| Govrenment | |
| - Gorernor | Ivaylo Petrov |
| Aurie | |
| - Tot | 3,635.5 km2 (1,403.7 sq mi) |
| Indwallers (Census February 2011[1]) | |
| - Tot | 148,098 |
| - Densitie | 40.7/km2 (105.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| - Simmer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| License plate | M |
| Wabsteid | www.MontanaBG.org |
Montana Province (Bulgarie: Област Монтана, transliteratit: Oblast Montana) is a province in northwastren Bulgarie, borderin Serbie in the soothwast an Romanie in the north. It spreads its aurie atween the Danube river an Balkan muntain. As o Februar 2011, the province haes a population o 148,098 inhabitants,[1] on territory of 3,635.5 km². It wis namit efter its admeenistrative centre the ceety o Montana.
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Municipalities [edit]
The Montana province (Област, oblast) contains 11 municipalities (singular: oбщина, obshtina - plural: Общини, obshtini). The follaein table shows the names o each municipality in Inglis an in Cyrillic, the main toun (in bauld) or veelage, an the population as o 2011.
| Municipality | Cyrillic | Pop.[2][3][4] | Toun/Veelage | Pop.[3][5][6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkovitsa | Берковица | 19,587 | Berkovitsa | 14,124 |
| Boychinovtsi | Бойчиновци | 9,611 | Boychinovtsi | 1,588 |
| Brusartsi | Брусарци | 5,140 | Brusartsi | 1,277 |
| Chiprovtsi | Чипровци | 3,773 | Chiprovtsi | 1,937 |
| Georgi Damyanovo | Георги Дамяново | 2,867 | Georgi Damyanovo | 494 |
| Lom | Лом | 31,064 | Lom | 25,321 |
| Medkovets | Медковец | 4,103 | Medkovets | 1,866 |
| Montana | Монтана | 57,064 | Montana | 46,574 |
| Valchedram | Вълчедръм | 9,988 | Valchedram | 3,748 |
| Varshets | Вършец | 8,424 | Varshets | 6,439 |
| Yakimovo | Якимово | 4,481 | Yakimovo | 1,711 |
Demography [edit]
The Montana province haed a population o 148,098 accordin tae a 2011 census, o which 49.2% wur male an 50.8% wur female.[7] As o the end o 2009, the population o the province, annooncit bi the Bulgarie Naitional Statistical Institute, numbered 155,899[2] of which 30.5% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.[8]
The follaein table represents the chynge o the population in the province efter Warld War II:
| Montana Province | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1946 | 1956 | 1965 | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 242,073 | 243,431 | 241,200 | 235,800 | 222,632 | 208,128 | 182,258 | 166,775 | 161,161 | 155,899 | 148,098 |
| Sources: National Statistical Institute,[2][9][10][11][12] „Census 2001“,[13] „Census 2011“,[1] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[4] | |||||||||||
Releegion [edit]
In the 2011 census, 136,175 fowk frae Montana province identifee'd ane o the follaein as their releegion (wi percentage o total population):[14]
| Census 2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| releegious adherence | population | % |
| Orthodox Christians | 100,571 | 73.86% |
| Muslims | 94 | 0.07% |
| Roman Catholics | 438 | 0.32% |
| Protestants | 2,740 | 2.01% |
| Ither | 163 | 0.12% |
| Releegion no mentioned | 17,323 | 12,72% |
| Releegion nane | 14,842 | 10,9% |
| total | 136,175 | 100% |
Leid [edit]
In the 2001 census, 181,208 fowk frae Montana province identifee'd ane o the follaein as their mither tongue (wi percentage o total population): 160,494 Bulgarie (88.1%), 19,849 Roma (Gypsy) (10.9%), 220 Turkis (0.1%), and 645 other (0.4%).[15]
Ethnic groups [edit]
In the 2001 census, 181,175 fowk frae Montana province identifee'd thairsels as belangin tae ane o the follaein ethnic groups (wi percentage o total population):[16]
| Ethnic group | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgarie | 157,507 | 86.42% |
| Turkis | 235 | 0.129% |
| Roma (Gypsy) | 22,784 | 12.501% |
| Roushie | 272 | 0.149% |
| Armenie | 19 | 0.01% |
| Vlachs | 19 | 0.01% |
| Macedonie | 16 | 0.009% |
| Greek | 24 | 0.013% |
| Ukrainian | 46 | 0.025% |
| Jewish | 3 | 0.002% |
| Romanie | - | 0.000% |
| Ither | 250 | 0.137% |
Touns an veelages [edit]
The place names in bauld hae the status o toun (in Bulgarie: град, transliteratit as grad). Ither localities hae the status o veelage (in Bulgarie: село, transliteratit as selo). The names o localities are transliteratit in Laitin alphabet,[17][18] follaeed in parentheses bi the oreeginal name in Bulgarie Cyrillic alphabet which links taethe correspondin Bulgarie Wikipedia airticle).
Berkovitsa (Берковица) [edit]
The Berkovitsa municipality haes ane toun (in bauld) an 19 veelages:
Boychinovtsi (Бойчиновци) [edit]
The Boychinovtsi municipality haes ane toun (in bauld) an 12 veelages:
Brusartsi (Брусарци) [edit]
The Brusartsi municipality haes ane toun (in bauld) an nine veelages:
Chiprovtsi (Чипровци) [edit]
The Chiprovtsi municipality haes ane toun (in bauld) an nine veelages:
Georgi Damyanovo (Георги Дамяново) [edit]
The Georgi Damyanovo municipality haes 13 veelages:
Lom (Лом) [edit]
The Lom municipality haes ane toun (in bauld) an nine veelages:
Medkovets (Медковец) [edit]
The Medkovets municipality haes five veelages:
Montana (Монтана) [edit]
The Montana municipality haes ane toun (in bauld) an 23 veelages:
Valchedram (Вълчедръм) [edit]
The Valchedram municipality haes ane toun (in bauld) an ten veelages:
Varshets (Вършец) [edit]
- Main airticle: Varshets Municipality
The Varshets municipality haes ane toun (in bauld), aicht veelages an ane monastery (which haes offeecial status as a locality[19]):
Yakimovo (Якимово) [edit]
The Yakimovo municipality haes fower veelages:
See an aw [edit]
- Provinces o Bulgarie
- Municipalities o Bulgarie
- Leet o ceeties an touns in Bulgarie
- Leet of touns an veelages in Montana Province
References [edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 (Bulgarie)National Statistical Institute - Census 2011
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 (Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - provinces and municipalities in 2009
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 (Inglis) „WorldCityPopulation“
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ↑ (Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
- ↑ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ↑ (Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
- ↑ (Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009
- ↑ (Bulgarie)National Statistical Institute - Population 1965
- ↑ (Bulgarie)National Statistical Institute - Population 1975
- ↑ (Bulgarie)National Statistical Institute - Population 1985
- ↑ (Bulgarie)National Statistical Institute - Population 1992
- ↑ (Inglis)National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ↑ (Bulgarie) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001
- ↑ (Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Mother Tongue from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
- ↑ (Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Ethnic Group from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
- ↑ Geonames Search at National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) - reference for location names
- ↑ Montana Region/District at Guide-Bulgaria.com - reference for location names
- ↑ (Bulgarie) Population Chart, 15.03.2009 from Bulgarian Directorate General: Civil Registration and Administrative Services
Freemit airtins [edit]
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