Chuprene_Municipality
Chuprene Municipality
Municipality in Vidin, Bulgaria
Chuprene Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Чупрене) is a frontier municipality (obshtina) in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the vicinity of the western parts of Stara Planina range in the so-called Fore-Balkan area. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Chuprene. In the southwest, the municipality borders on Republic of Serbia.
The area embraces a territory of 330 km2 (130 sq mi) with a population of 2,285 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
Midzhur peak, 2,168 m (7,113 ft), the highest point of the western Balkan mountains, is located in the municipality almost on the very border with Serbia.