Lom Municipality
Encyclopedia
Lom Municipality is a frontier municipality
(obshtina) in Montana Province
, Northwestern Bulgaria
, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain
. It is named after its administrative centre — the town of Lom which is one of the important Bulgarian river ports. The area borders on Romania
beyond the Danube to the north.
The municipality embraces a territory of 323.89 km² with a population of 27,294 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 along the right bank of Danube river 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...
. It is named after its administrative centre — the town of Lom which is one of the important Bulgarian river ports. The area borders on Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
beyond the Danube to the north.
The municipality embraces a territory of 323.89 km² with a population of 27,294 inhabitants, as of February 2011.
Settlements
Lom Municipality includes the following 10 places (towns are shown in bold):| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Lom | Лом | 24,300 |
| Dobri Dol Dobri dol, Montana Province Dobri dol is a village in northwestern Bulgaria. It is located in Lom Municipality, Montana Province. The most notable landmark in the village is the local Eastern Orthodox Monastery of Dobri dol.... |
Добри дол | 334 |
| Dolno Linevo Dolno Linevo Dolno Linevo is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria.It is located in Lom Municipality, Montana Province. The village is situated on the right bank of the Danube River.... |
Долно Линево | 266 |
| Kovachitsa Kovachitsa Kovachitsa is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria. It is located in Lom Municipality, Montana Province.-History:The history of the village dates from the end of Chiprovtsi Uprising... |
Ковачица | 1,255 |
| Orsoya Orsoya Orsoya is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria.It is located close to the Danube River, in Lom Municipality, Montana Province, 14 km. west of Lom. In Orsoya village is the protected "Ribarnitsi Orsoya" area. A necropolis was found nearby. Regular transportation links include buses to and from Lom... |
Орсоя | 133 |
| Slivata Slivata Slivata is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria. It is located in Lom Municipality, Montana Province.... |
Сливата | 225 |
| Staliyska Mahala Staliyska mahala Staliyska mahala is a village in northwestern Bulgaria.It is located in the Lom Municipality of the Montana Province.... |
Сталийска махала | 1,369 |
| Stanevo Stanevo Stanevo is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria.It is located in Lom Municipality, Montana Province.... |
Станево | 364 |
| Traykovo Traykovo Traykovo is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria.It is located in Lom Municipality, Montana Province.... |
Трайково | 932 |
| Zamfir Zamfir, Bulgaria Zamfir is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria.It is located in Lom Municipality, Montana Province.... |
Замфир | 1,020 |
| Total | 30,198 |
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