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Vidin Province () is the northwesternmost
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The territory of the province includes the most western parts of the Danubian Plain and
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/ref> As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 108,067 of which are inhabitants aged over 60 years.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009
Vidin is the oldest province in Bulgaria, with 28.9% of its population 65 years or older at the end of 2016. There is a big difference between the percentage elderly living in urban and rural areas: in urban areas 21.1% of the population is 65 years or older while that percentage is 42.8% in rural areas. The percentage of children up to 15 years is 13.5% in urban areas and only 9.8% in rural areas. The following table represents the change of the population in the province after
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at followed in parentheses by the original name in Bulgarian
The Boynitsa municipality has 9 villages:
The Vidin municipality has two towns (in bold) and 33 villages:
The Gramada municipality has one town (in bold) and 7 villages:
The Dimovo municipality has one town (in bold) and 22 villages:
The Kula municipality has one town (in bold) and 8 villages:
The Makresh municipality has 7 villages:
The Novo Selo municipality has 5 villages:
Official site
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province
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of Bulgaria
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. It borders Serbia
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to the west and Romania
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to the northeast. Its administrative centre is the city of Vidin on the Danube
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river. The area is divided into 11 municipalities. As of December 2009, the province has a population of 108,067 inhabitants.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009/ref>
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/ref> There are remains of many castles, including Baba Vida, one of the last Bulgarian strongholds during the
Ottoman invasion
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Governments and dynasties
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* Ottoman Empire, in existence fr ...
and the Belogradchik fortress.
Municipalities
The Vidin Province contains 11 municipalities (singular: община, ''obshtina'' - plural: общини, ''obshtini''). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English andCyrillic
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, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population of each as of December 2009.
Geography
The territory of the province includes the most western parts of the Danubian Plain and Stara Planina
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, while the Danube
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forms the border with Romania
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. The slopes of Stara Planina are covered with dense forests, lush meadows and boasts the majestic rock phenomena, the Belogradchik Rocks
The Belogradchik Rocks ( bg, Белоградчишки скали, ''Belogradchishki skali'') are a group of strangely shaped sandstone and conglomerate rock formations located on the western slopes of the Balkan Mountains (''Stara Planina'') ne ...
. There are around 80 cave
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s situated close to the border with Serbia
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, the most famous being the Magura Cave, which known with its cave painting from 10,000 BC. There is also a lake in the proximity of the cave.
Population
The Vidin province had apopulation
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of 130,074 according to a 2001 census
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, of which were male
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and were female
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.Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sexfro
/ref> As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 108,067 of which are inhabitants aged over 60 years.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009
Vidin is the oldest province in Bulgaria, with 28.9% of its population 65 years or older at the end of 2016. There is a big difference between the percentage elderly living in urban and rural areas: in urban areas 21.1% of the population is 65 years or older while that percentage is 42.8% in rural areas. The percentage of children up to 15 years is 13.5% in urban areas and only 9.8% in rural areas. The following table represents the change of the population in the province after
World War II
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Ethnic groups
Total population (2011 census): 101 018 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 95 126 persons: *Bulgarians
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Etymology
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: 86 802 (91,25%)
*Romani
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* Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia
** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule
* Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...
: 7 282 (7,66%)
*Others and indefinable: 1 042 ( 1,10 % )
Religion
Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:Towns and villages
The place names in bold have the status oftown
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an o ...
(in Bulgarian: град, transliterated as ''grad''). Other localities have the status of village
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(in Bulgarian: село, transliterated as ''selo''). The names of localities are transliterated in Latin alphabet
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at
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(NGA) - reference for location namesCyrillic alphabet
, bg, кирилица , mk, кирилица , russian: кириллица , sr, ћирилица, uk, кирилиця
, fam1 = Egyptian hieroglyphs
, fam2 = Proto-Sinaitic
, fam3 = Phoenician
, fam4 = Gr ...
(which links to the corresponding Bulgarian Wikipedia article).
Belogradchik Municipality
Belogradchik Municipality ( bg, Община Белоградчик) is a municipality ('' obshtina'') in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the western parts of the so-called Fore-Balkan area. It is named after its administrativ ...
The Belogradchik municipality has one town (in bold) and 17 villages:
Bregovo Municipality
Bregovo Municipality ( bg, Община Брегово) 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 ...
The Bregovo municipality has one town (in bold) and 9 villages:
Ruzhintsi Municipality
Ruzhintsi Municipality ( bg, Община Ружинци) is a municipality ('' obshtina'') in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 8 km south of Danube river. It is named after its administrative cen ...
The Ruzhintsi municipality has 10 villages:
Chuprene Municipality
Chuprene Municipality ( bg, Община Чупрене) is a frontier municipality ('' obshtina'') in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the vicinity of the western parts of Stara Planina range in the so-called Fore-Balkan area ...
The Chuprene municipality has 9 villages:
See also
*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 ...
*List of villages in Vidin Province
Vidin Province () is the northwesternmost province of Bulgaria. It borders Serbia to the west and Romania to the northeast. Its administrative centre is the city of Vidin on the Danube river. The area is divided into 11 municipalities. As of D ...
References
External links
Official site
{{Authority control Provinces of Bulgaria