Montana Province
Montana Province (Bulgarie: Област Монтана, transliteratit: Oblast Montana) is a province in northwastren Bulgarie, borderin Serbie in the soothwast an Romanie in the north. It spreads its aurie atween the Danube river an Balkan muntain. As o Februar 2011, the province haes a population o 148,098 inhabitants,[1] on territory of 3,635.5 km². It wis namit efter its admeenistrative centre the ceety o Montana.
Montana Province Област Монтана | |
|---|---|
 Location o Montana Province in Bulgarie | |
| Kintra | Bulgarie |
| Caipital | Montana |
| Municipalities | 11 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Ivaylo Petrov |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,635.5 km2 (1,403.7 sq mi) |
| Population (Census February 2011[1]) | |
| • Total | 148,098 |
| • Density | 41/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| License plate | M |
| Website | www.MontanaBG.org |
Municipalities
The Montana province (Област, oblast) contains 11 municipalities (singular: община, obshtina - plural: Общини, obshtini). The follaein table shows the names o each municipality in Inglis an in Cyrillic, the main toun (in bauld) or veelage, an the population as o 2011.
| Municipality | Cyrillic | Pop.[2][3][4] | Toun/Veelage | Pop.[3][5][6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkovitsa | Берковица | 19,587 | Berkovitsa | 14,124 |
| Boychinovtsi | Бойчиновци | 9,611 | Boychinovtsi | 1,588 |
| Brusartsi | Брусарци | 5,140 | Brusartsi | 1,277 |
| Chiprovtsi | Чипровци | 3,773 | Chiprovtsi | 1,937 |
| Georgi Damyanovo | Георги Дамяново | 2,867 | Georgi Damyanovo | 494 |
| Lom | Лом | 31,064 | Lom | 25,321 |
| Medkovets | Медковец | 4,103 | Medkovets | 1,866 |
| Montana | Монтана | 57,064 | Montana | 46,574 |
| Valchedram | Вълчедръм | 9,988 | Valchedram | 3,748 |
| Varshets | Вършец | 8,424 | Varshets | 6,439 |
| Yakimovo | Якимово | 4,481 | Yakimovo | 1,711 |
Demography
The Montana province haed a population o 148,098 accordin tae a 2011 census, o which 49.2% wur male an 50.8% wur female.[7]As o the end o 2009, the population o the province, annooncit bi the Bulgarie Naitional Statistical Institute, numbered 155,899[2] of which 30.5% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.[8]
The follaein table represents the chynge o the population in the province efter Warld War II:
| Montana Province | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1946 | 1956 | 1965 | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 242,073 | 243,431 | 241,200 | 235,800 | 222,632 | 208,128 | 182,258 | 166,775 | 161,161 | 155,899 | 148,098 |
| Soorces: Naitional Stateestical Institute,[2][9][10][11][12] „Census 2001“,[13] „Census 2011“,[1] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[4] | |||||||||||
Releegion
In the 2011 census, 136,175 fowk frae Montana province identifee'd ane o the follaein as their releegion (wi percentage o total population):[14]
| Census 2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| releegious adherence | population | % |
| Orthodox Christians | 100,571 | 73.86% |
| Muslims | 94 | 0.07% |
| Roman Catholics | 438 | 0.32% |
| Protestants | 2,740 | 2.01% |
| Ither | 163 | 0.12% |
| Releegion no mentioned | 17,323 | 12,72% |
| Releegion nane | 14,842 | 10,9% |
| total | 136,175 | 100% |
Leid
In the 2001 census, 181,208 fowk frae Montana province identifee'd ane o the follaein as their mither tongue (wi percentage o total population): 160,494 Bulgarie (88.1%), 19,849 Roma (Gypsy) (10.9%), 220 Turkis (0.1%), and 645 other (0.4%).[15]
Ethnic groups
Tot population (2011 census): 148 098[16]
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[17]Identified themselves: 143 467 persons:
- Bulgarians: 123 820 (86,31%)
- Gypsies: 18 228 (12,71%)
- Ithers an indefinable: 1 248 (0,87%)
In the 2001 census, 181,175 fowk o the population o 182,258 o Montana Province identified themselves as belangin tae ane o the follaein ethnic groups (wi percentage o tot population):[18]
| Ethnic group | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgarie | 157,507 | 86.42% |
| Turkis | 235 | 0.129% |
| Roma (Gypsy) | 22,784 | 12.501% |
| Roushie | 272 | 0.149% |
| Armenie | 19 | 0.01% |
| Vlachs | 19 | 0.01% |
| Macedonie | 16 | 0.009% |
| Greek | 24 | 0.013% |
| Ukrainian | 46 | 0.025% |
| Jewish | 3 | 0.002% |
| Romanie | - | 0.000% |
| Ither | 250 | 0.137% |
Touns an veelages
The place names in bauld hae the status o toun (in Bulgarie: град, transliteratit as grad). Ither localities hae the status o veelage (in Bulgarie: село, transliteratit as selo). The names o localities are transliteratit in Laitin alphabet,[19][20] follaeed in parentheses bi the oreeginal name in Bulgarie Cyrillic alphabet which links taethe correspondin Bulgarie Wikipedia airticle).
Berkovitsa (Берковица)
The Berkovitsa municipality haes ane toun (in bauld) an 19 veelages:
Boychinovtsi (Бойчиновци)
The Boychinovtsi municipality haes ane toun (in bauld) an 12 veelages:
Brusartsi (Брусарци)
The Brusartsi municipality haes ane toun (in bauld) an nine veelages:
Chiprovtsi (Чипровци)
The Chiprovtsi municipality haes ane toun (in bauld) an nine veelages:
Georgi Damyanovo (Георги Дамяново)
The Georgi Damyanovo municipality haes 13 veelages:
Lom (Лом)
The Lom municipality haes ane toun (in bauld) an nine veelages:
Medkovets (Медковец)
The Medkovets municipality haes five veelages:
Montana (Монтана)
The Montana municipality haes ane toun (in bauld) an 23 veelages:
Valchedram (Вълчедръм)
The Valchedram municipality haes ane toun (in bauld) an ten veelages:
Varshets (Вършец)
The Varshets municipality haes ane toun (in bauld), aicht veelages an ane monastery (which haes offeecial status as a locality[21]):
Yakimovo (Якимово)
The Yakimovo municipality haes fower veelages:
See an aw
- Provinces o Bulgarie
- Municipalities o Bulgarie
- Leet o ceeties an touns in Bulgarie
- Leet of touns an veelages in Montana Province
