Vidin Province
Vidin Province Област Видин | |
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Location o Vidin Province in Bulgarie | |
Kintra | Bulgarie |
Caipital | Vidin |
Municipalities | 11 |
Area | |
• Total | 3032.9 km2 (1,171.0 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 101,018 |
• Density | 33/km2 (86/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
License plate | BH |
Vidin Province (Bulgarie: Област Видин) is the northwastmaist province o Bulgarie. It borders Serbie tae the wast an Romanie tae the northeast. Its admeenistrative centre is the ceety o Vidin on the Danube river. The aurie is dividit intae 11 municipalities. As o December 2009, the province haes a population o 108,067 inhabitants.[1][2][3]
There are remains o mony castles, some o which are Baba Vida, ane o the last Bulgarie stranghaulds durin the Ottoman invasion an the Belogradchik fortress.
Municipalities
[eedit | eedit soorce]Template:Vidin Province Labelled Map
The Vidin Province contains 11 municipalities (singular: община, obshtina - plural: общини, obshtini). The follaeing table shows the names o each municipality in Inglis an Cyrillic, the main toun (in bauld) or veelage, an the population o each as o December 2009.
Municipality | Cyrillic | Pop.[1][2][3] | Toun/Veelage | Pop.[2][4][5][6] |
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Belogradchik | Белоградчик | 7,045 | Belogradchik | 5,334 |
Boynitsa | Бойница | 1,717 | Boynitsa | 595 |
Bregovo | Брегово | 6,168 | Bregovo | 2,592 |
Vidin | Видин | 66,126 | Vidin | 49,471 |
Gramada | Грамада | 2,384 | Gramada | 1,647 |
Dimovo | Димово | 7,175 | Dimovo | 1,211 |
Kula | Кула | 4,958 | Kula | 3,287 |
Makresh | Макреш | 1,938 | Makresh | 473 |
Novo Selo | Ново Село | 3,381 | Novo Selo | 1,144 |
Ruzhintsi | Ружинци | 4,890 | Ruzhintsi | 915 |
Chuprene | Чупрене | 2,285 | Chuprene | 576 |
Geografie
[eedit | eedit soorce]The territory o the province includes the maist wastren pairts o the Danubian Plain an Stara Planina, while the Danube forms the border wi Romanie. The slopes o Stara Planina are covered wi dense forests, lush meadaes an boasts the majestic rock phenomena, the Belogradchik Rocks. There are aroond 80 caves situatit close tae the border wi Serbie, the maist famous being the Magura Cave, which kent with its cave paintin frae 10,000 BC. There is a lake in the proximity o the cave an aw.
Demografie
[eedit | eedit soorce]The Vidin province haed a population o 130,074 accordin tae a 2001 census, o which 48.4% wur male an 51.6% wur female.[7] As o the end o 2009, the population o the province, annooncit bi the Bulgarie Naitional Statistical Institute, numbered 108,067[1] of which 32.6% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.[8]
The follaein table represents the chynge o the population in the province efter Warld War II:
Vidin Province | |||||||||||
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Year | 1946 | 1956 | 1965 | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 194,007 | 188,518 | 179,429 | 176,761 | 166,680 | 151,636 | 130,074 | 117,809 | 112,604 | 108,067 | 101,018 |
Soorces: Naitional Stateestical Institute,[1] „Census 2001“,[2] „Census 2011“,[3] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,?? |
Releegion
[eedit | eedit soorce]Releegious adherence in the province accordin tae 2001 census:[9]
Census 2001 | ||
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relieegious adherence | population | % |
Orthodox Christians | 125,063 | 96.15% |
Muslims | 139 | 0.11% |
Roman Catholics | 143 | 0.11% |
Protestants | 397 | 0.31% |
Ither | 602 | 0.46% |
Releegion no mentioned | 3,730 | 2.87% |
total | 130,074 | 100% |
Touns an veelages
[eedit | eedit soorce]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[10] follaeed in parentheses bi the oreeginal name in Bulgarie Cyrillic alphabet (which links tae the correspondin Bulgarie Wikipedia airticle).
The Belogradchik municipality haes ane toun (in bauld) an 17 veelages:
- Belogradchik (Белоградчик)
- Borovitsa (Боровица)
- Veshtitsa (Вещица)
- Varba (Върба)
- Granitovo (Гранитово)
- Granichak (Граничак)
- Dabravka (Дъбравка)
- Krachimir (Крачимир)
- Oshane (Ошане)
- Prauzhda (Праужда)
- Prolaznitsa (Пролазница)
- Rabisha (Рабиша)
- Rayanovtsi (Раяновци)
- Salash (Салаш)
- Slivovnik (Сливовник)
- Stakevtsi (Стакевци)
- Struindol (Струиндол)
- Chiflik (Чифлик)
The Boynitsa municipality haes 9 veelages:
The Bregovo municipality haes ane toun (in bauld) an 9 veelages:
The Vidin municipality haes twa touns (in bauld) an 33 veelages:
- Akatsievo (Акациево)
- Antimovo (Антимово)
- Bela Rada (Бела Рада)
- Botevo (Ботево)
- Bukovets (Буковец)
- Vidin (Видин)
- Voinitsa (Войница)
- Vartop (Въртоп)
- Gaytantsi (Гайтанци)
- General Marinovo (Генерал Мариново)
- Gomotartsi (Гомотарци)
- Gradets (Градец)
- Dinkovitsa (Динковица)
- Dolni Boshnyak (Долни Бошняк)
- Druzhba (Дружба)
- Dunavtsi (Дунавци)
- Zheglitsa (Жеглица)
- Ivanovtsi (Ивановци)
- Inovo (Иново)
- Kalenik (Каленик)
- Kapitanovtsi (Капитановци)
- Koshava (Кошава)
- Kutovo (Кутово)
- Mayor Uzunovo (Майор Узуново)
- Novoseltsi (Новоселци)
- Peshakovo (Пешаково)
- Plakuder (Плакудер)
- Pokrayna (Покрайна)
- Ruptsi (Рупци)
- Tsar Simeonovo (Цар Симеоново)
- Sinagovtsi (Синаговци)
- Slana bara (Слана бара)
- Slanotran (Сланотрън)
- Tarnyane (Търняне)
The Gramada municipality haes ane toun (in bauld) an 7 veelages:
The Dimovo municipality haes ane toun (in bauld) an 22 veelages:
- Archar (Арчар)
- Bela (Бела)
- Vladichentsi (Владиченци)
- Vodnyantsi (Воднянци)
- Varbovchets (Върбовчец)
- Oreshets (Орешец)
- Dimovo (Димово)
- Dalgo pole (Дълго поле)
- Darzhanitsa (Държаница)
- Izvor (Извор)
- Karbintsi (Карбинци)
- Kladorub (Кладоруб)
- Kostichovtsi (Костичовци)
- Lagoshevtsi (Лагошевци)
- Mali Drenovets (Мали Дреновец)
- Medovnitsa (Медовница)
- Gara Oreshets (Гара Орешец)
- Ostrokaptsi (Острокапци)
- Septemvriytsi (Септемврийци)
- Smolya (Скомля)
- Shipot (Шипот)
- Yanyovets (Яньовец)
- Yarlovitsa (Ярловица)
The Kula municipality haes ane toun (in bauld) an 8 veelages:
The Makresh municipality haes 7 veelages:
The Novo Selo municipality haes 5 veelages:
The Ruzhintsi municipality haes 10 veelages:
The Chuprene municipality haes 9 veelages:
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b c d e (in Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ a b c d e (in Inglis) „WorldCityPopulation“
- ↑ a b c d „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ↑ (in Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ↑ (in Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ↑ (in Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
- ↑ (in Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009 Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ (in Bulgarie) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001
- ↑ Geonames Search Archived 2010-03-07 at the Wayback Machine at National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) - reference for location names
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Offeecial steid Archived 2010-03-02 at the Wayback Machine
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