Medkovets Municipality

Medkovets Municipality Община Медковец
—  Municipality  —
Medkovets Municipality within Bulgaria and Montana Province.
Coordinates: 43°37′N 23°10′E / 43.617°N 23.167°E / 43.617; 23.167Coordinates: 43°37′N 23°10′E / 43.617°N 23.167°E / 43.617; 23.167
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Montana
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)	Medkovets
Area
– Total	188 km2 (72.6 sq mi)
Population (Census February 2011)[1]
– Total	3,939
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Medkovets Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Медковец) is a small municipality (obshtina) in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the area of the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Medkovets.

The municipality embraces a territory of 188 km² with a population of 3,939 inhabitants, as of February 2011.^[1]

Settlements

Medkovets

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Valchedram

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Varshets

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Yakimovo

Medkovets Municipality within Montana Province

Medkovets Municipality includes the following 5 places all of them villages:

Town/Village	Cyrillic	Population[2][3][4] (December 2009)
Medkovets	Медковец	1,850
Asparuhovo	Аспарухово	556
Pishurka	Пишурка	124
Rasovo	Расово	1,297
Slivovik	Сливовик	483
Total		4,310

Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.

Medkovets Municipality
Year	1975	1985	1992	2001	2005	2007	2009	2011
Population	9,463	7,640	6,849	5,661	4,856	4,571	4,310	3,939
Sources: National Statistical Institute,[5][6][7] Census 2001,[8] Census 2011,[1] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[9]

See also

• Provinces of Bulgaria
• Municipalities of Bulgaria
• List of cities and towns in Bulgaria

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} (Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Census 2011
2. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
3. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
4. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
5. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
6. ^ (Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Municipalities population 1985
7. ^ (Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Municipalities population 1992
8. ^ (English)National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
9. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“

External links

• Info website (English)