Montana Province
Encyclopedia
Montana Province is a province
Provinces of Bulgaria
Since 1999, Bulgaria has been divided into 28 provinces which correspond approximately to the 28 districts that existed before 1987. In 1987, during the Communist regime of Todor Zhivkov, the districts were consolidated into nine larger provinces , which survived until 1999.Each province is named...

 in northwestern Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

, bordering Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

 in the southwest and Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

 in the north. It spreads its area between the Danube river and Balkan mountain. As of February 2011, the province has a population of 148,098 inhabitants, on territory of 3,635.5 km². It was named after its administrative centre the city of Montana
Montana, Bulgaria
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Municipalities

The Montana province (Област, oblast) contains 11 municipalities (singular: oбщина, obshtina - plural: Общини, obshtini). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population as of 2011.
Municipality Cyrillic Pop. Town/Village Pop.
Berkovitsa
Berkovitsa Municipality
Berkovitsa Municipality is a municipality in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the area of the so called Fore-Balkan to the northern slopes of the western Stara planina mountain...

Берковица 19,587 Berkovitsa
Berkovitsa
Berkovitsa is a town and ski resort in northwestern Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Berkovitsa Municipality, Montana Province and is close to the town of Varshets...

14,124
Boychinovtsi
Boychinovtsi Municipality
Boychinovtsi Municipality is a municipality in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the transition between the Danubian Plain and the area of the so called Fore-Balkan...

Бойчиновци 9,611 Boychinovtsi
Boychinovtsi
Boychinovtsi is a town in northwestern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Boychinovtsi Municipality , Montana Province . It is near the city of Montana. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 1,648 inhabitants....

1,588
Brusartsi
Brusartsi Municipality
Brusartsi Municipality is a small municipality in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 6 km south of Danube river...

Брусарци 5,140 Brusartsi
Brusartsi
Brusartsi is a town in Northwestern Bulgaria. It is located in Montana Province and is 23 km away from the town of Lom. The town is the administrative center of the homonymous Brusartsi Municipality. As of December 2009, Brusartsi has a population of 1,302 inhabitants.Main train lines...

1,277
Chiprovtsi
Chiprovtsi Municipality
Chiprovtsi Municipality is a small frontier municipality in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located on the northern slopes of western Stara Planina mountain and the area of the so called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Chiprovtsi...

Чипровци 3,773 Chiprovtsi
Chiprovtsi
Chiprovtsi is a small town and municipality in northwestern Bulgaria, administratively part of Montana Province. It lies on the shores of the river Ogosta in the western Balkan Mountains, very close to the Bulgarian-Serbian border...

1,937
Georgi Damyanovo
Georgi Damyanovo Municipality
Georgi Damyanovo Municipality is a frontier municipality in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located on the northern slopes of western Stara Planina mountain and the area of the so called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Georgi Damyanovo...

Георги Дамяново 2,867 Georgi Damyanovo
Georgi Damyanovo
Georgi Damyanovo is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Montana Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Georgi Damyanovo Municipality, which lies in the southern part of Montana Province....

494
Lom
Lom Municipality
Lom Municipality is a frontier municipality in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre — the town of Lom which is one of the important Bulgarian river ports...

Лом 31,064 Lom 25,321
Medkovets
Medkovets Municipality
Medkovets Municipality is a small municipality in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the area of the Danubian Plain...

Медковец 4,103 Medkovets
Medkovets
Medkovets is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Montana Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Medkovets Municipality, which lies in the northern part of Montana Province....

1,866
Montana Монтана 57,064 Montana
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46,574
Valchedram
Valchedram Municipality
Valchedram Municipality is a frontier municipality in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Valchedram...

Вълчедръм 9,988 Valchedram
Valchedram
Valchedram is a town in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Montana Province. It is the administrative centre of Valchedram Municipality, which lies in the northeastern part of Montana Province. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 3,817 inhabitants....

3,748
Varshets
Varshets Municipality
Varshets Municipality is a municipality in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located on the northern slopes of the western Stara planina mountain to the area of the so called Fore-Balkan...

Вършец 8,424 Varshets
Varshets
Varshets is a spa town in Montana Province, northwestern Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Varshets Municipality. As of December 2009, its population is 6,538. The town is located on the northern slopes of the western part of the Balkan mountains in the small valley of...

6,439
Yakimovo
Yakimovo Municipality
Yakimovo Municipality is a small municipality in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the area of the Danubian Plain...

Якимово 4,481 Yakimovo
Yakimovo
Yakimovo is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Montana Province. It is the administrative centre of Yakimovo Municipality, which lies in the northern part of Montana Province....

1,711

Demography

The Montana province had a population
Population
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 of 148,098 according to a 2011 census
Census
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, of which were male
Male
Male refers to the biological sex of an organism, or part of an organism, which produces small mobile gametes, called spermatozoa. Each spermatozoon can fuse with a larger female gamete or ovum, in the process of fertilization...

 and were female
Female
Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces non-mobile ova .- Defining characteristics :The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon, is produced by the male...

.
As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 155,899 of which are inhabitants aged over 60 years.
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II
World War II
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Religion

In the 2011 census, 136,175 people from Montana province identified one of the following as their religion
Religion
Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...

 (with percentage of total population):
Census 2011
religious adherence population %
Orthodox Christians 100,571 73.86%
Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...

s
94 0.07%
Roman Catholics 438 0.32%
Protestants
Protestantism
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2,740 2.01%
Other 163 0.12%
Religion not mentioned 17,323 12,72%
Religion none 14,842 10,9%
total 136,175 100%

Language

In the 2001 census, 181,208 people from Montana province identified one of the following as their mother tongue (with percentage of total population):
160,494 Bulgarian
Bulgarian language
Bulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...

 ,
19,849 Roma (Gypsy)
Romani language
Romani or Romany, Gypsy or Gipsy is any of several languages of the Romani people. They are Indic, sometimes classified in the "Central" or "Northwestern" zone, and sometimes treated as a branch of their own....

 ,
220 Turkish
Turkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...

 ,
and 645 other .

Ethnic groups

In the 2001 census, 181,175 people from Montana province identified themselves as belonging to one of the following ethnic groups (with percentage of total population):
Ethnic group Population Percentage
Bulgarian
Bulgarians
The Bulgarians are a South Slavic nation and ethnic group native to Bulgaria and neighbouring regions. Emigration has resulted in immigrant communities in a number of other countries.-History and ethnogenesis:...

 
157,507
Turkish
Turkic peoples
The Turkic peoples are peoples residing in northern, central and western Asia, southern Siberia and northwestern China and parts of eastern Europe. They speak languages belonging to the Turkic language family. They share, to varying degrees, certain cultural traits and historical backgrounds...

 
235
Roma (Gypsy)  22,784
Russian
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....

 
272
Armenian
Armenians
Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....

 
19
Wallachian
Vlachs
Vlach is a blanket term covering several modern Latin peoples descending from the Latinised population in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. English variations on the name include: Walla, Wlachs, Wallachs, Vlahs, Olahs or Ulahs...

 
19
Macedonian
Macedonians (Bulgarians)
Macedonians or Macedonian Bulgarians , sometimes also referred to as Macedono-Bulgarians or Macedo-Bulgarians is a regional, ethnographic group of ethnic Bulgarians, inhabiting or originating from Macedonia...

 
16
Greek
Greeks
The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....

 
24
Ukrainian
Ukrainians
Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...

 
46
Jewish 3
Romanian
Romanians
The Romanians are an ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania....

 
- 0.000%
Other 250

Towns and villages

The place names in bold have the status of town
Town
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 (in Bulgarian: град, transliterated as grad). Other localities have the status of village
Village
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 (in Bulgarian: село, transliterated as selo). The names of localities are transliterated in Latin alphabet
Latin alphabet
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, followed in parentheses by the original name in Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet
Cyrillic alphabet
The Cyrillic script or azbuka is an alphabetic writing system developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century AD at the Preslav Literary School...

 (which links to the corresponding Bulgarian Wikipedia article).

Berkovitsa (Берковица)

The Berkovitsa municipality has one town (in bold) and 19 villages:

Balyuvitsa (Балювица)
Barzia
Barzia
Barzia is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Berkovitsa Municipality of the Montana Province ....

 (Бързия)
Berkovitsa
Berkovitsa
Berkovitsa is a town and ski resort in northwestern Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Berkovitsa Municipality, Montana Province and is close to the town of Varshets...

(Берковица)
Bistrilitsa (Бистрилица)
Bokilovtsi (Бокиловци)
Borovtsi (Боровци)
Gaganitsa (Гаганица)
Komarevo (Комарево)
Kostentsi (Костенци)
Kotenovtsi (Котеновци)
Leskovets (Лесковец)
Mezdreya
Mezdreya
Mezdreya is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Berkovitsa Municipality of the Montana Province....

 (Мездрея)
Parlichevo (Пърличево)
Pesochnitsa (Песочница)
Rashovitsa (Рашовица)
Slatina (Слатина)
Chereshovitsa (Черешовица)
Tsvetkova bara
Tsvetkova bara
Tsvetkova bara or Tsvetkova Bara is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Berkovitsa municipality of the Montana Province ....

 (Цветкова бара)
Yagodovo
Yagodovo, Montana Province
Yagodovo is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Berkovitsa Municipality of the Montana Province ....

 (Ягодово)
Zamfirovo (Замфирово)

Boychinovtsi (Бойчиновци)

The Boychinovtsi municipality has one town (in bold) and 12 villages:

Beli breg
Beli Breg
Beli Breg is a toponym used for four settlements in Serbia:* Beli Breg, a village in the Aleksinac municipality of Nišava District* Beli Breg, a village in the Vranje municipality of Pčinja District...

 (Бели брег)
Beli brod (Бели брод)
Boychinovtsi
Boychinovtsi
Boychinovtsi is a town in northwestern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Boychinovtsi Municipality , Montana Province . It is near the city of Montana. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 1,648 inhabitants....

(Бойчиновци)
Erden
Erden, Bulgaria
Erden is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Boychinovtsi municipality of the Montana Province ....

 (Ерден)
Gromshin (Громшин)
Kobilyak (Кобиляк)
Lehchevo
Lehchevo
Lehchevo is a village in Boychinovtsi Municipality of Montana Province, northwestern Bulgaria. It has a population of about 2,000 people...

 (Лехчево)
Madan
Madan, Montana Province
Madan is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Boychinovtsi municipality of the Montana Province ....

 (Мадан)
Marchevo
Marchevo
Marchevo is a village in the municipality of Garmen, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria.-References:...

 (Мърчево)
Ohrid
Ohrid, Bulgaria
Ohrid is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Boychinovtsi municipality of the Montana Province ....

 (Охрид)
Palilula (Палилула)
Portitovtsi (Портитовци)
Vladimirovo (Владимирово)

Brusartsi (Брусарци)

The Brusartsi municipality has one town (in bold) and nine villages:

Bukovets
Bukovets, Montana Province
Bukovets is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Brusartsi Municipality of the Montana Province ....

 (Буковец)
Brusartsi
Brusartsi
Brusartsi is a town in Northwestern Bulgaria. It is located in Montana Province and is 23 km away from the town of Lom. The town is the administrative center of the homonymous Brusartsi Municipality. As of December 2009, Brusartsi has a population of 1,302 inhabitants.Main train lines...

(Брусарци)
Dabova mahala (Дъбова махала)
Dondukovo (Дондуково)
Kiselevo (Киселево)
Knyazheva mahala (Княжева махала)
Kriva bara
Kriva bara, Montana Province
Kriva bara is a village in northwestern Bulgaria. It is located in the Brusartsi Municipality of the Montana Province.A village of the same name also exists in the Kozloduy municipality of the Vratsa Province in Bulgaria....

 (Крива бара)
Odorovtsi (Одоровци)
Smirnenski (Смирненски)
Vasilovtsi (Василовци)

Chiprovtsi (Чипровци)

The Chiprovtsi municipality has one town (in bold) and nine villages:

Belimel
Belimel
Belimel is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Chiprovtsi Municipality, Montana Province.Belimel Bay in Trinity Island, Antarctica is named after Belimel.-Notes:...

 (Белимел)
Chelyustnitsa
Chelyustnitsa
Chelyustnitsa is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Chiprovtsi Municipality, Montana Province....

 (Челюстница)
Chiprovtsi
Chiprovtsi
Chiprovtsi is a small town and municipality in northwestern Bulgaria, administratively part of Montana Province. It lies on the shores of the river Ogosta in the western Balkan Mountains, very close to the Bulgarian-Serbian border...

(Чипровци)
Gorna Kovachitsa
Gorna Kovachitsa
Gorna Kovachitsa is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Chiprovtsi Municipality, Montana Province....

 (Горна Ковачица)
Gorna Luka
Gorna Luka
Gorna Luka is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Chiprovtsi Municipality, Montana Province....

 (Горна Лука)
Martinovo
Martinovo
Martinovo is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Chiprovtsi Municipality, Montana Province....

 (Мартиново)
Mitrovtsi
Mitrovtsi
Mitrovtsi is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Chiprovtsi Municipality, Montana Province.MitrovtsiMitrovtsi is a village in North-Western Bulgaria. It is located in Chiprovtsi County, Montana Region...

 (Митровци)
Prevala
Prevala
Prevala is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Chiprovtsi Municipality, Montana Province....

 (Превала)
Ravna
Ravna, Montana Province
Ravna is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of the Chiprovtsi Municipality in the Montana Province....

 (Равна)
Zhelezna
Zhelezna
Zhelezna is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Chiprovtsi Municipality, Montana Province....

 (Железна)

Georgi Damyanovo (Георги Дамяново)

The Georgi Damyanovo municipality has 13 villages:

Chemish (Чемиш)
Dalgi del (Дълги дел)
Diva Slatina (Дива Слатина)
Elovitsa (Еловица)
Gavril Genovo
Gavril Genovo
Gavril Genovo is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Georgi Damyanovo Municipality, Montana Province. It was formed in 1955 through the merger of Sotochino and Ilitsa . It was named after September Uprising leader Gavril Genov....

 (Гаврил Геново)
Georgi Damyanovo
Georgi Damyanovo
Georgi Damyanovo is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Montana Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Georgi Damyanovo Municipality, which lies in the southern part of Montana Province....

 (Георги Дамяново)
Glavanovtsi
Glavanovtsi, Montana Province
Glavanovtsi is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Georgi Damyanovo Municipality of the Montana Province ....

 (Главановци)
Govezhda (Говежда)
Kamenna Riksa (Каменна Рикса)
Kopilovtsi (Копиловци)
Melyane (Меляне)
Pomezhdin (Помеждин)
Vidlitsa (Видлица)

Lom (Лом)

The Lom municipality has one town (in bold) and nine villages:

Dobri dol
Dobri dol, Montana Province
Dobri dol is a village in northwestern Bulgaria. It is located in Lom Municipality, Montana Province. The most notable landmark in the village is the local Eastern Orthodox Monastery of Dobri dol....

 (Добри дол)
Dolno Linevo
Dolno Linevo
Dolno Linevo is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria.It is located in Lom Municipality, Montana Province. The village is situated on the right bank of the Danube River....

 (Долно Линево)
Kovachitsa
Kovachitsa
Kovachitsa is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria. It is located in Lom Municipality, Montana Province.-History:The history of the village dates from the end of Chiprovtsi Uprising...

 (Ковачица)
Lom (Лом)
Orsoya
Orsoya
Orsoya is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria.It is located close to the Danube River, in Lom Municipality, Montana Province, 14 km. west of Lom. In Orsoya village is the protected "Ribarnitsi Orsoya" area. A necropolis was found nearby. Regular transportation links include buses to and from Lom...

 (Орсоя)
Slivata
Slivata
Slivata is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria. It is located in Lom Municipality, Montana Province....

 (Сливата)
Staliyska mahala
Staliyska mahala
Staliyska mahala is a village in northwestern Bulgaria.It is located in the Lom Municipality of the Montana Province....

 (Сталийска махала)
Stanevo
Stanevo
Stanevo is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria.It is located in Lom Municipality, Montana Province....

 (Станево)
Traykovo
Traykovo
Traykovo is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria.It is located in Lom Municipality, Montana Province....

 (Трайково)
Zamfir
Zamfir, Bulgaria
Zamfir is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria.It is located in Lom Municipality, Montana Province....

 (Замфир)

Medkovets (Медковец)

The Medkovets municipality has five villages:

Asparuhovo
Asparuhovo, Montana Province
Asparuhovo is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria.It is located in Medkovets Municipality, Montana Province....

 (Аспарухово)
Medkovets
Medkovets
Medkovets is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Montana Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Medkovets Municipality, which lies in the northern part of Montana Province....

 (Медковец)
Pishurka
Pishurka
Pishurka is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria.It is located in Medkovets Municipality, Montana Province....

 (Пишурка)
Rasovo
Rasovo
Rasovo is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria.It is located in Medkovets Municipality, Montana Province....

 (Расово)
Slivovik
Slivovik
Slivovik is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria.It is located in Medkovets Municipality, Montana Province....

 (Сливовик)

Montana (Монтана)

The Montana municipality has one town (in bold) and 23 villages:

Belotintsi (Белотинци)
Bezdenitsa (Безденица)
Blagovo (Благово)
Doktor Yosifovo (Доктор Йосифово)
Dolna Riksa (Долна Рикса)
Dolna Verenitsa (Долна Вереница)
Dolno Belotintsi (Долно Белотинци)
Gabrovnitsa
Gabrovnitsa, Montana Province
Gabrovnitsa is a village in northwestern Bulgaria. It is located in the municipality of Montana in the Montana Province, from the district center....

 (Габровница)
Gorna Verenitsa (Горна Вереница)
Gorno Tserovene (Горно Церовене)
Klisuritsa (Клисурица)
Krapchene (Крапчене)
Lipen (Липен)
Montana
Montana, Bulgaria
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(Монтана)
Nikolovo (Николово)
Slavotin (Славотин)
Smolyanovtsi (Смоляновци)
Stubel (Стубел)
Studeno buche (Студено буче)
Sumer (Сумер)
Trifonovo (Трифоново)
Vinište
Vinište
Vinište is a small village in North Bulgaria, 16 kilometers North from Montana, Bulgaria. Now its population is only 400 people. It is positioned in semi-mountain region in the skirts of the Balkan mountain. In its surroundings a spectacular formation of rocks called Kamiko, can be seen...

 (Винище)
Virove (Вирове)
Voynitsi (Войници)

Valchedram (Вълчедръм)

The Valchedram municipality has one town (in bold) and ten villages:

Botevo (Ботево)
Buzovets (Бъзовец)
Cherni vrakh (Черни връх)
Dolni Tsibar (Долни Цибър)
Gorni Tsibar (Горни Цибър)
Ignatovo (Игнатово)
Mokresh
Mokresh, Montana Province
Mokresh is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Valchedram Municipality of the Montana Province.The village is situated in a small valley, from Valchedram, from Lom, and from Montana....

 (Мокреш)
Razgrad
Razgrad, Montana Province
Razgrad is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Valchedram municipality of the Montana Province ....

 (Разград)
Septemvriytsi
Septemvriytsi, Montana Province
Septemvriytsi is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria.It is located in Valchedram Municipality, Montana Province....

 (Септемврийци)
Valchedram
Valchedram
Valchedram is a town in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Montana Province. It is the administrative centre of Valchedram Municipality, which lies in the northeastern part of Montana Province. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 3,817 inhabitants....

(Вълчедръм)
Zlatiya (Златия)

Varshets (Вършец)

The Varshets municipality has one town (in bold), eight villages and one monastery (which has official status as a locality):

Cherkaski (Черкаски)
Dolna Bela rechka (Долна Бела речка)
Dolno Ozirovo (Долно Озирово)
Draganitsa (Драганица)
Klisurski Monastery (Клисурски манастир)
Gorna Bela rechka (Горна Бела речка)
Gorno Ozirovo (Горно Озирово)
Spanchevtsi (Спанчевци)
Stoyanovo (Стояново)
Varshets
Varshets
Varshets is a spa town in Montana Province, northwestern Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Varshets Municipality. As of December 2009, its population is 6,538. The town is located on the northern slopes of the western part of the Balkan mountains in the small valley of...

(Вършец)

Yakimovo (Якимово)

The Yakimovo municipality has four villages:

Dalgodeltsi
Dalgodeltsi
Dalgodeltsi is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Yakimovo Municipality of the Montana Province ....

 (Дългоделци)
Dolno Tserovene
Dolno Tserovene
Dolno Tserovene is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria.It is located in Yakimovo Municipality, Montana Province....

 (Долно Церовене)
Komoshtitsa
Komoshtitsa
Komoshtitsa is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria.It is located in Yakimovo Municipality, Montana Province....

 (Комощица)
Yakimovo
Yakimovo
Yakimovo is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Montana Province. It is the administrative centre of Yakimovo Municipality, which lies in the northern part of Montana Province....

 (Якимово)

See also

  • Provinces of Bulgaria
    Provinces of Bulgaria
    Since 1999, Bulgaria has been divided into 28 provinces which correspond approximately to the 28 districts that existed before 1987. In 1987, during the Communist regime of Todor Zhivkov, the districts were consolidated into nine larger provinces , which survived until 1999.Each province is named...

  • Municipalities of Bulgaria
    Municipalities of Bulgaria
    The 28 provinces of Bulgaria are divided into 264 municipalities .-Blagoevgrad Province:# Bansko Municipality # Belitsa Municipality # Blagoevgrad Municipality...

  • List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
  • List of towns and villages in Montana Province

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