Lom Municipality ( bg, Община Лом) is a frontier
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
(''
obshtina'') in
Montana Province
Montana Province ( bg, Област Монтана, transliterated: ''Oblast Montana'') is a province in northwestern Bulgaria, bordering Serbia in the southwest and Romania in the north. It spreads its area between the Danube river and the Balka ...
, Northwestern
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
, located along the right bank of
Danube river
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in the
Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre — the town of
Lom which is one of the important Bulgarian river ports. The area borders
Romania
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across the Danube.
The municipality encompasses a territory of 323.89 km² with a population of 27,294 inhabitants, as of February 2011.
[National Statistical Institute - Census 2011](_blank)
Settlements
Lom Municipality includes the following 10 places (towns are shown in bold):
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
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
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Provinces of Bulgaria
The provinces of Bulgaria ( bg, области на България, oblasti na Bǎlgarija) are the first-level administrative subdivisions of the country.
Since 1999, Bulgaria has been divided into 28 provinces ( bg, области, links=no ...
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Municipalities of Bulgaria
The 28 provinces of Bulgaria are divided into 265 municipalities (община, ''obshtina''). Municipalities typically comprise multiple towns, villages and settlements and are governed by a mayor who is elected by popular majority vote for a ...
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List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
This is a complete list of all cities and towns in Bulgaria sorted by population. Province capitals are shown in bold. Primary sources are the National Statistical Institute (NSI) and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
The largest city is Sofia ...
References
External links
Official website
{{Montana Province
Municipalities in Montana Province