Kula Municipality, Bulgaria
Encyclopedia
Kula Municipality is a municipality
(obshtina) in Vidin Province
, Northwestern Bulgaria
, located in the Danubian Plain
about 10 km southwest of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Kula
. The area borders on the Republic of Serbia to the west.
The municipality embraces a territory of 291 km² with a population of 4,958 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 10 km southwest of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Kula
Kula, Bulgaria
Kula is a town in northwestern Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of Kula Municipality part of Vidin Province. Located just east of the Serbian-Bulgarian border, it is the third largest town in the province after Vidin and Belogradchik. Kula lies 30 kilometres west of Vidin and 13...
. The area borders on the Republic of Serbia to the west.
The municipality embraces a territory of 291 km² with a population of 4,958 inhabitants, as of December 2009.
Settlements
Kula Municipality includes the following 9 places (towns are shown in bold):| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Kula Kula, Bulgaria Kula is a town in northwestern Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of Kula Municipality part of Vidin Province. Located just east of the Serbian-Bulgarian border, it is the third largest town in the province after Vidin and Belogradchik. Kula lies 30 kilometres west of Vidin and 13... |
Кула | 3,287 |
| Chichil | Чичил | 82 |
| Golemanovo | Големаново | 136 |
| Izvor Mahala | Извор махала | 107 |
| Kosta Perchevo | Коста Перчево | 128 |
| Poletkovtsi | Полетковци | 62 |
| Staropatitsa | Старопатица | 387 |
| Topolovets | Тополовец | 378 |
| Tsar-Petrovo | Цар-Петрово | 391 |
| Total | 4,958 |
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