Belogradchik Municipality

Municipality in Vidin, Bulgaria

Belogradchik Municipality

Община Белоградчик

Municipality

Belogradchik Municipality within Bulgaria and Vidin Province.

Coordinates: 43°39′N 22°35′E﻿ / ﻿43.650°N 22.583°E﻿ / 43.650; 22.583
Country|  Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)| Vidin
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)| Belogradchik
Area

• Total| 411 km2 (159 sq mi)
Population

(December 2009)[1]

• Total| 7,045
• Density| 17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)

Belogradchik Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Белоградчик) is a municipality (obshtina) in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the western parts of the so-called Fore-Balkan area. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Belogradchik. To the west and southwest, the municipality borders on Republic of Serbia.

The area embraces a territory of 411 km2 (159 sq mi) with a population of 7,045 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]

The municipality is best known with the Belogradchik Rocks, impressive rock formations located just south of the main town as well as the medieval Belogradchik Fortress situated in the same rocky area. Another place of interest is the Magura Cave, with its beautiful prehistoric cave paintings.

## Settlements[edit]

Belogradchik Municipality within Vidin Province

Vidin

Chuprene

Belogradchik

Boynitsa

Bregovo

Gramada

Dimovo

Kula

Makresh

Novo Selo

Ruzhintsi

Belogradchik Municipality includes the following 18 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village  | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4]
(December 2009)

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|

Belogradchik | Белоградчик | 5,334
Borovitsa | Боровица  | 195
Chiflik | Чифлик  | 128
Dabravka | Дъбравка  | 77
Granitovo | Гранитово  | 66
Granichak | Граничак  | 19
Krachimir | Крачимир  | 26
Oshane | Ошане  | 71
Prauzhda | Праужда  | 74
Prolaznitsa | Пролазница  | 18
Rabisha | Рабиша  | 312
Rayanovtsi | Раяновци  | 144
Salash | Салаш  | 217
Slivovnik | Сливовник  | 26
Stakevtsi | Стакевци  | 233
Struindol | Струиндол  | 23
Veshtitsa | Вещица  | 53
Varba | Върба  | 29
Total  |  | 7,045

## Demography[edit]

The Belogradchik Fortress

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

Belogradchik Municipality

Year | 1975  | 1985  | 1992  | 2001 | 2005  | 2007  | 2009  | 2011
Population | 12,255  | 11,048  | 9,896  | 8,217  | 7,553  | 7,270  | 7,045  | 6,602
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7]

### 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 Belogradchik Municipality [8]

|  |
Orthodox Christianity |

| 71.7%
Catholicism |

| 0.3%
Protestantism |

| 0.6%
Islam |

| 0.1%
No religion |

| 19.2%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable |

| 8.1%

An overwhelming majority of the population of Belogradchik Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 71.7% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.

## See also[edit]

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

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
4. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
5. ^ (in English)National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
6. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
7. ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
8. ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.

## External links[edit]

* Website (in English)

Places adjacent to Belogradchik Municipality

| Makresh Municipality, Vidin Province | Makresh Municipality, Vidin Province | Dimovo Municipality, Vidin Province

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Belogradchik Municipality

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Serbia | Chuprene Municipality, Vidin Province | Chuprene Municipality, Vidin Province

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