Dimovo Municipality
Dimovo Municipality
Община Димово | |
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Municipality | |
![]() E78 road in Dimovo | |
![]() Dimovo Municipality within Bulgaria and Vidin Province. | |
Coordinates: 43°43′N 22°46′E / 43.717°N 22.767°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province (Oblast) | Vidin |
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Dimovo |
Area | |
• Total | 402.87 km2 (155.55 sq mi) |
Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 7,175 |
• Density | 18/km2 (46/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Dimovo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Димово) is a municipality (obshtina) in Vidin 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 Dimovo.
The municipality embraces a territory of 402.87 km2 (155.55 sq mi) with a population of 7,175 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
The main road E79 (I-1) crosses the area, connecting the province centre of Vidin with the city of Montana and respectively with the western operating part of Hemus motorway.
Settlements
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Dimovo Municipality includes the following 23 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
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Dimovo | Димово | 1,211 |
Archar | Арчар | 2,603 |
Bela | Бела | 120 |
Dalgo Pole | Дълго поле | 27 |
Darzhanitsa | Държаница | 107 |
Gara Oreshets | Гара Орешец | 819 |
Izvor | Извор | 311 |
Karbintsi | Карбинци | 241 |
Kladorub | Кладоруб | 44 |
Kostichovtsi | Костичовци | 114 |
Lagoshevtsi | Лагошевци | 89 |
Mali Drenovets | Мали Дреновец | 83 |
Medovnitsa | Медовница | 327 |
Oreshets | Орешец | 15 |
Ostrokaptsi | Острокапци | 98 |
Septemvriytsi | Септемврийци | 251 |
Skomlya | Скомля | 43 |
Shipot | Шипот | 76 |
Vladichentsi | Владиченци | 80 |
Vodnyantsi | Воднянци | 279 |
Varbovchets | Върбовчец | 94 |
Yanyovets | Яньовец | 33 |
Yarlovitsa | Ярловица | 110 |
Total | 7,175 |
Demography
[edit]The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Dimovo Municipality | ||||||||
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Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 9,520 | 7,500 | 10,608 | 8,783 | 8,065 | 7,531 | 7,175 | 6,514 |
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7] |
Vital statistics
[edit]Population | Live births | Deaths | Natural growth | Birth rate (‰) | Death rate (‰) | Natural growth rate (‰) | |
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2000 | 9,208 | ||||||
2001 | 8,524 | ||||||
2002 | 8,337 | ||||||
2003 | 8,221 | ||||||
2004 | 8,127 | ||||||
2005 | 8,065 | ||||||
2006 | 7,775 | ||||||
2007 | 7,531 | ||||||
2008 | 7,319 | ||||||
2009 | 7,175 | ||||||
2010 | 7,066 | ||||||
2011 | 6,440 | ||||||
2012 | 6,285 | ||||||
2013 | 6,126 | ||||||
2014 | 5,977 | ||||||
2015 | 6,050 | ||||||
2016 | 5,845 | ||||||
2017 | 5,804 | ||||||
2018 | 5,596 |
Religion
[edit]According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
An overwhelming majority of the population of Dimovo Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 91.1% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ (in English)National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
- ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Bulgarian)