Vidin Province () is the northwesternmost province of Bulgaria. It borders Serbia to the west and Romania to the northeast, and its administrative centre is the city of Vidin on the Danube river. The area is divided into 11 municipalities. As of 2023, the province had a population of 72,754.„pop-stat.mashke.org“
There are remains of many castles, including Baba Vida, one of the last Bulgarian strongholds during the Ottoman invasion and the Belogradchik fortress.
Municipalities
The Vidin Province contains 11 municipalities (singular: община, obshtina - plural: общини, obshtini). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population of each as of December 2009.
Municipality Cyrillic Pop. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 „WorldCityPopulation“ Town/Village Pop. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009„pop-stat.mashke.org“ Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009BelogradchikБелоградчик 7,045Belogradchik 5,334BoynitsaБойница 1,717Boynitsa 595BregovoБрегово 6,168Bregovo 2,592VidinВидин 66,126Vidin 49,471GramadaГрамада 2,384Gramada 1,647DimovoДимово 7,175Dimovo 1,211KulaКула 4,958Kula 3,287MakreshМакреш 1,938Makresh 473Novo SeloНово Село 3,381Novo Selo 1,144RuzhintsiРужинци 4,890Ruzhintsi 915ChupreneЧупрене 2,285Chuprene 576
Geography
The territory of the province includes the most western parts of the Danubian Plain and Stara Planina, while the Danube forms the border with Romania. The slopes of Stara Planina are covered with dense forests, lush meadows and boasts the majestic rock phenomena, the Belogradchik Rocks. There are around 80 caves situated close to the border with Serbia, the most famous being the Magura Cave, which known with its cave painting from 10,000 BC. There is also a lake in the proximity of the cave.
Demographics The Vidin province had a population of 130,074 according to a 2001 census, of which were male and were female. Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001 As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 108,067 of which are inhabitants aged over 60 years. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009
Vidin is the oldest province in Bulgaria, with 28.9% of its population 65 years or older at the end of 2016. There is a big difference between the percentage elderly living in urban and rural areas: in urban areas 21.1% of the population is 65 years or older while that percentage is 42.8% in rural areas. The percentage of children up to 15 years is 13.5% in urban areas and only 9.8% in rural areas. Ethnic groups
Total population (2011 census): 101,018 Population on 01.02.2011 by provinces, municipalities, settlements and age; National Statistical Institute
Ethnic groups (2011 census):Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute Identified themselves: 95,126 persons: Bulgarians: 86,802 (91.25%) Romani: 7,282 (7.66%) Others and indefinable: 1,042 (1.10 %)
Religion
Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census: Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001 Census 2001 religious adherence population % Orthodox Christians 125,06396.15% Protestants 3970.31% Roman Catholics 1430.11% Muslims 1390.11% Other 6020.46% Religion not mentioned 3,7302.87% Total 130,074100%
Towns and villages The place names in bold have the status of town (in Bulgarian: , transliterated as grad). Other localities have the status of village (in Bulgarian: , transliterated as selo). The names of localities are transliterated in Latin alphabetGeonames Search at National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) - reference for location names followed in parentheses by the original name in Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet (which links to the corresponding Bulgarian Wikipedia article).
Belogradchik Municipality
The Belogradchik municipality has one town (in bold) and 17 villages:
Boynitsa Municipality
The Boynitsa municipality has 9 villages:
Bregovo Municipality
The Bregovo municipality has one town (in bold) and 9 villages:
Vidin Municipality
The Vidin municipality has two towns (in bold) and 33 villages:
Gramada Municipality
The Gramada municipality has one town (in bold) and 7 villages:
Dimovo Municipality
The Dimovo municipality has one town (in bold) and 22 villages:
Kula Municipality
The Kula municipality has one town (in bold) and 8 villages:
Makresh Municipality
The Makresh municipality has 7 villages:
Novo Selo
The Novo Selo municipality has 5 villages:
Ruzhintsi Municipality
The Ruzhintsi municipality has 10 villages:
Chuprene Municipality
The Chuprene municipality has 9 villages:
See also Provinces of Bulgaria List of villages in Vidin Province
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