Bregovo Municipality () is a frontier 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 Bregovo. The area borders on the Republic of Serbia to the west and Romania beyond the Danube to the north and it is the most northwestern part of the country.
The municipality covers a territory of with a population of 6,168 inhabitants, as of December 2009. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
Settlements
Bregovo Municipality includes the following 10 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) Bregovo Брегово 2,592 Baley Балей 453 Deleyna Делейна 364 Gamzovo Гъмзово 768 Kalina Калина 38 Kosovo Косово 452 Kudelin Куделин 411 Rakitnitsa Ракитница 480 Tiyanovtsi Тияновци 171 Vrav Връв 439 Total 6,168
Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Ethnic composition According to the 2011 census, among those who answered the optional question on ethnic identification, the ethnic composition of the municipality was the following:Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute Ethnic group Population Percentage Bulgarians 5147 Turks 0 Roma (Gypsy) 152 Other 66 Undeclared 32
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 Bregovo Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 83.9% 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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