Dimovo Municipality () 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 with a population of 7,175 inhabitants, as of December 2009. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
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
Dimovo Municipality includes the following 23 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) 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 The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Vital statistics Population Live births Deaths Natural growth Birth rate (‰) Death rate (‰) Natural growth rate (‰) 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 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 Provinces of Bulgaria Municipalities of Bulgaria List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
References
External links Official website