Georgi Damyanovo Municipality
Encyclopedia
Georgi Damyanovo Municipality is a frontier municipality
(obshtina) in Montana Province
, Northwestern Bulgaria
, located on the northern slopes of western Stara Planina mountain and the area of the so called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Georgi Damyanovo
. In the southwest, the municipality borders on Republic of Serbia.
The municipality embraces a territory of 298 km² with a population of 2,739 inhabitants, as of February 2011.
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 Montana Province
Montana Province
Montana Province is a province in northwestern Bulgaria, bordering Serbia in the southwest and Romania in the north. It spreads its area between the Danube river and Balkan mountain. As of February 2011, the province has a population of 148,098 inhabitants, on territory of 3,635.5 km²...
, 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 on the northern slopes of western Stara Planina mountain and the area of the so called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Georgi Damyanovo
Georgi Damyanovo
Georgi Damyanovo is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Montana Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Georgi Damyanovo Municipality, which lies in the southern part of Montana Province....
. In the southwest, the municipality borders on Republic of Serbia.
The municipality embraces a territory of 298 km² with a population of 2,739 inhabitants, as of February 2011.
Settlements
Georgi Damyanovo Municipality includes the following 13 places all of them villages:| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Georgi Damyanovo Georgi Damyanovo Georgi Damyanovo is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Montana Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Georgi Damyanovo Municipality, which lies in the southern part of Montana Province.... |
Георги Дамяново | 566 |
| Chemish | Чемиш | 81 |
| Diva Slatina | Дива Слатина | 131 |
| Dalgi Del | Дълги дел | 191 |
| Elovitsa | Еловица | 51 |
| Gavril Genovo Gavril Genovo Gavril Genovo is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Georgi Damyanovo Municipality, Montana Province. It was formed in 1955 through the merger of Sotochino and Ilitsa . It was named after September Uprising leader Gavril Genov.... |
Гаврил Геново | 337 |
| Glavanovtsi Glavanovtsi, Montana Province Glavanovtsi is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Georgi Damyanovo Municipality of the Montana Province .... |
Главановци | 76 |
| Govezhda | Говежда | 503 |
| Kamenna Riksa | Каменна Рикса | 172 |
| Kopilovtsi | Копиловци | 579 |
| Melyane | Меляне | 187 |
| Pomezhdin | Помеждин | 21 |
| Vidlitsa | Видлица | 127 |
| Total | 3,022 |
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