Berkovitsa Municipality

Municipality in Montana, Bulgaria

Berkovitsa Municipality

Община Берковица

Municipality

Stara Planina as seen from Berkovitsa

Berkovitsa Municipality within Bulgaria and Montana Province.

Coordinates: 43°15′N 23°8′E﻿ / ﻿43.250°N 23.133°E﻿ / 43.250; 23.133
Country|  Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)| Montana
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)| Berkovitsa
Area

• Total| 470 km2 (180 sq mi)
Population

(Census February 2011)[1]

• Total| 17,267
• Density| 37/km2 (95/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)

Berkovitsa Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Берковица) is a municipality (obshtina) in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan to the northern slopes of the western Stara planina mountain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Berkovitsa.

The municipality embraces a territory of 470 km2 (180 sq mi) with a population of 18,503 inhabitants, as of February 2011.[1]

Todorini Kukli peak, 1,785 m (5,856 ft), is located in the southeastern part of the area almost on the very border with Varshets Municipality.

## Settlements[edit]

Berkovitsa Municipality within Montana Province

Montana

Berkovitsa

Boychinovtsi

Brusartsi

Chiprovtsi

Georgi Damyanovo

Lom

Medkovets

Valchedram

Varshets

Yakimovo

Berkovitsa Municipality includes the following 20 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village  | Cyrillic | Population[2]
(September 2022)

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Berkovitsa | Берковица | 12,768
Balyuvitsa | Балювица  | 52
Bistrilitsa | Бистрилица  | 141
Bokilovtsi | Бокиловци  | 77
Borovtsi | Боровци  | 657
Barziya | Бързия  | 1,259
Chereshovitsa | Черешовица  | 40
Gaganitsa | Гаганица  | 269
Komarevo | Комарево  | 67
Kostentsi | Костенци  | 46
Kotenovtsi | Котеновци  | 111
Leskovets | Лесковец  | 43
Mezdreya | Мездрея  | 182
Pesochnitsa | Песочница  | 23
Parlichevo | Пърличево  | 62
Rashovitsa | Рашовица  | 5
Slatina | Слатина  | 165
Tsvetkova Bara | Цветкова бара  | 14
Yagodovo | Ягодово  | 176
Zamfirovo | Замфирово  | 1,110
Total  |  | 17,267

## Demography[edit]

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.

Berkovitsa Municipality

Year | 1975  | 1985  | 1992  | 2001 | 2005  | 2007  | 2009  | 2011
Population | 28,639  | 26,565  | 24,992  | 22,664  | 20,812  | 20,277  | 19,642  | 18,503
Sources: Census 2001,[3] Census 2011,[1] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[4]

### Religion[edit]

According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:

| Religious composition of Berkovitsa Municipality [5]

|  |
Orthodox Christianity |

| 77.0%
Catholicism |

| 0.2%
Protestantism |

| 1.7%
Islam |

| 0.0%
No religion |

| 11.1%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable |

| 10.0%

## Economy[edit]

### Transportation[edit]

Berkovitsa railway station

Berkovitsa has a terminus railway station. It is connected to Montana and has access to the railway connecting Vidin and Vratsa. There is infrequent passenger traffic.

## See also[edit]

* Provinces of Bulgaria
* Municipalities of Bulgaria
* List of cities and towns in Bulgaria

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c (in Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Census 2011
2. ^ (in English) https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/
3. ^ (in English)National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
4. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
5. ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.

## External links[edit]

* Official website (in Bulgarian)

Places adjacent to Berkovitsa Municipality

| Georgi Damyanovo Municipality, Montana Province | Montana Municipality, Montana Province | Montana Municipality, Montana Province

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Georgi Damyanovo Municipality, Montana Province |

Berkovitsa Municipality

| Varshets Municipality, Montana Province
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Godech Municipality, Sofia Province | Godech Municipality, Sofia Province | Varshets Municipality, Montana Province

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Municipalities of Montana Province

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* Boychinovtsi
* Brusartsi
* Chiprovtsi
* Georgi Damyanovo
* Lom
* Medkovets
* Montana
* Valchedram
* Varshets
* Yakimovo

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