Boynitsa Municipality
Encyclopedia
Boynitsa Municipality is a small frontier municipality
(obshtina) in Vidin Province
, Northwestern Bulgaria
, located in the Danubian Plain
about 20 km southwest of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Boynitsa
. The area borders on the Republic of Serbia to the west and northwest.
The municipality embraces a territory of 166 km² with a population of 1,717 inhabitants, as of December 2009.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
(obshtina) in Vidin Province
Vidin Province
Vidin Province is the northwesternmost province of Bulgaria. It borders Serbia to the west and Romania to the northeast. Its administrative centre is the city of Vidin on the Danube river. The area is divided into 11 municipalities...
, Northwestern Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, located in the Danubian Plain
Danubian Plain (Bulgaria)
The Danubian Plain constitutes the northern part of Bulgaria, situated north of the Balkan Mountains and south of the Danube. Its western border is the Timok River and to the east it borders the Black Sea. The plain has an area of . It is about long and wide.The relief of the Danubian Plain is...
about 20 km southwest of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Boynitsa
Boynitsa
Boynitsa is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vidin Province. It is the administrative centre of Boynitsa Municipality, which lies in the western part of Vidin Province...
. The area borders on the Republic of Serbia to the west and northwest.
The municipality embraces a territory of 166 km² with a population of 1,717 inhabitants, as of December 2009.
Settlements
Boynitsa Municipality includes the following 8 places all of them villages:| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Boynitsa Boynitsa Boynitsa is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vidin Province. It is the administrative centre of Boynitsa Municipality, which lies in the western part of Vidin Province... |
Бойница | 595 |
| Borilovets | Бориловец | 299 |
| Gradskovski Kolibi | Градсковски колиби | 67 |
| Kanits | Каниц | 15 |
| Perilovets | Периловец | 91 |
| Rabrovo | Раброво | 468 |
| Shipikova Mahala | Шипикова махала | 8 |
| Shishentsi | Шишенци | 174 |
| Total | 1,717 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.See also
- Provinces of BulgariaProvinces of BulgariaSince 1999, Bulgaria has been divided into 28 provinces which correspond approximately to the 28 districts that existed before 1987. In 1987, during the Communist regime of Todor Zhivkov, the districts were consolidated into nine larger provinces , which survived until 1999.Each province is named...
- Municipalities of BulgariaMunicipalities of BulgariaThe 28 provinces of Bulgaria are divided into 264 municipalities .-Blagoevgrad Province:# Bansko Municipality # Belitsa Municipality # Blagoevgrad Municipality...
- List of cities and towns in Bulgaria