Valchedram Municipality
Encyclopedia
Valchedram 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 Valchedram
. The area borders on Romania
beyond the Danube to the north.
The municipality embraces a territory of 429 km² with a population of 9,771 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 Valchedram
Valchedram
Valchedram is a town in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Montana Province. It is the administrative centre of Valchedram Municipality, which lies in the northeastern part of Montana Province. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 3,817 inhabitants....
. 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 429 km² with a population of 9,771 inhabitants, as of February 2011.
Settlements
Valchedram Municipality includes the following 11 places (towns are shown in bold):| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Valchedram Valchedram Valchedram is a town in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Montana Province. It is the administrative centre of Valchedram Municipality, which lies in the northeastern part of Montana Province. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 3,817 inhabitants.... |
Вълчедръм | 3,817 |
| Botevo | Ботево | 77 |
| Bazovets | Бъзовец | 161 |
| Cherni Vrah | Черни връх | 534 |
| Dolni Tsibar | Долни Цибър | 1,544 |
| Gorni Tsibar | Горни Цибър | 205 |
| Ignatovo | Игнатово | 295 |
| Mokresh Mokresh, Montana Province Mokresh is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Valchedram Municipality of the Montana Province.The village is situated in a small valley, from Valchedram, from Lom, and from Montana.... |
Мокреш | 889 |
| Razgrad | Разград | 839 |
| Septemvriytsi Septemvriytsi, Montana Province Septemvriytsi is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria.It is located in Valchedram Municipality, Montana Province.... |
Септемврийци | 1,151 |
| Zlatiya | Златия | 886 |
| Total | 10,398 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Valchedram Municipality has comprised the former municipality of Zlatiya and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.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