Varshets_Municipality

Varshets Municipality

Varshets Municipality

Municipality in Montana, Bulgaria

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

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The municipality embraces a territory of 240 km2 (93 sq mi) with a population of 8,108 inhabitants, as of February 2011.[1]

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

Settlements

Varshets Municipality includes the following 9 places (towns are shown in bold):

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Demography

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

Varshets Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 12,119 11,453 11,062 9,870 9,031 8,860 8,605 8,108
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[1] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[6]

Religion

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

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    (in Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Census 2011
  2. [2]
    (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
  3. [3]
    (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
  4. [4]
    (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
  5. [5]
    (in English)National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
  6. [6]
    „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  7. [7]
    "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
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