Belogradchik Municipality () is a municipality (obshtina) in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the western parts of the so-called Fore-Balkan area. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Belogradchik. To the west and southwest, the municipality borders on Republic of Serbia.
The area embraces a territory of with a population of 7,045 inhabitants, as of December 2009. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
The municipality is best known with the Belogradchik Rocks, impressive rock formations located just south of the main town as well as the medieval Belogradchik Fortress situated in the same rocky area. Another place of interest is the Magura Cave, with its beautiful prehistoric cave paintings.
Settlements
Belogradchik Municipality includes the following 18 places (towns are shown in bold): Town/Village Cyrillic Population Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009(December 2009) Belogradchik Белоградчик 5,334 Borovitsa Боровица 195 Chiflik Чифлик 128 Dabravka Дъбравка 77 Granitovo Гранитово 66 Granichak Граничак 19 Krachimir Крачимир 26 Oshane Ошане 71 Prauzhda Праужда 74 Prolaznitsa Пролазница 18 Rabisha Рабиша 312 Rayanovtsi Раяновци 144 Salash Салаш 217 Slivovnik Сливовник 26 Stakevtsi Стакевци 233 Struindol Струиндол 23 Veshtitsa Вещица 53 Varba Върба 29 Total 7,045
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Religion 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 Belogradchik Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 71.7% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
See also Provinces of Bulgaria Municipalities of Bulgaria List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
References
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