Medkovets Municipality
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Medkovets Municipality is a small municipality
(obshtina) in Montana Province
, Northwestern Bulgaria
, located in the area of the Danubian Plain
. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Medkovets
.
The municipality embraces a territory of 188 km² with a population of 3,939 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 in the area of 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 village of Medkovets
Medkovets
Medkovets is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Montana Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Medkovets Municipality, which lies in the northern part of Montana Province....
.
The municipality embraces a territory of 188 km² with a population of 3,939 inhabitants, as of February 2011.
Settlements
Medkovets Municipality includes the following 5 places all of them villages:| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Medkovets Medkovets Medkovets is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Montana Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Medkovets Municipality, which lies in the northern part of Montana Province.... |
Медковец | 1,850 |
| Asparuhovo Asparuhovo, Montana Province Asparuhovo is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria.It is located in Medkovets Municipality, Montana Province.... |
Аспарухово | 556 |
| Pishurka Pishurka Pishurka is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria.It is located in Medkovets Municipality, Montana Province.... |
Пишурка | 124 |
| Rasovo Rasovo Rasovo is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria.It is located in Medkovets Municipality, Montana Province.... |
Расово | 1,297 |
| Slivovik Slivovik Slivovik is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria.It is located in Medkovets Municipality, Montana Province.... |
Сливовик | 483 |
| Total | 4,310 |
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