Boychinovtsi Municipality () is a municipality (obshtina) in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the transition between the Danubian Plain and the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre – the town of Boychinovtsi.
The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 9,137 inhabitants, as of February 2011.National Statistical Institute - Census 2011
Ogosta river, a right tributary of the Danube, flows through the area from southwest to northeast.
Settlements
Boychinovtsi Municipality includes the following 13 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) Boychinovtsi Бойчиновци 1,648 Beli Breg Бели брег 119 Beli Brod Бели брод 247 Erden Ерден 561 Gromshin Громшин 865 Kobilyak Кобиляк 339 Lehchevo Лехчево 1,922 Madan Мадан 861 Marchevo Мърчево 905 Ohrid Охрид 474 Palilula Палилула 70 Portitovtsi Портитовци 451 Vladimirovo Владимирово 1,453 Total 9,915
Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Boychinovtsi Municipality has comprised the former municipality of Lehchevo and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.
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:
See also Provinces of Bulgaria Municipalities of Bulgaria List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
References
External links Official website