Vidin Province
Encyclopedia
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 December 2009, the province has a population of 108,067 inhabitants.
There are remains of many castles, some of which are Baba Vida
, one of the last Bulgarian strongholds during the Ottoman invasion
and the Belogradchik fortress.
The territory of the province includes the most western parts of the Danubian Plain
and Stara Planina, while the Danube
forms the border with Romania
. The slopes of Stara Planina are covered with dense forests, lush meadows and boasts the majestic rock phenomena, the Belogradchik Rocks
. There are around 80 cave
s situated close to the border with Serbia
, 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.
The Vidin province had a population
of 130,074 according to a 2001 census
, of which were male
and were female
.
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.
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II
:
(in Bulgarian: град, transliterated as grad). Other localities have the status of village
(in Bulgarian: село, transliterated as selo). The names of localities are transliterated in Latin alphabet
followed in parentheses by the original name in Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet
(which links to the corresponding Bulgarian Wikipedia article).
Belogradchik Municipality
The Belogradchik municipality has one town (in bold) and 17 villages:
Boynitsa Municipality
The Boynitsa municipality has 9 villages:
Bregovo Municipality
The Bregovo municipality has one town (in bold) and 9 villages:
Vidin Municipality
The Vidin municipality has two towns (in bold) and 33 villages:
Gramada Municipality
The Gramada municipality has one town (in bold) and 7 villages:
Dimovo Municipality
The Dimovo municipality has one town (in bold) and 22 villages:
Kula Municipality
The Kula municipality has one town (in bold) and 8 villages:
Makresh Municipality
The Makresh municipality has 7 villages:
Novo Selo
The Novo Selo municipality has 5 villages:
Ruzhintsi Municipality
The Ruzhintsi municipality has 10 villages:
Chuprene Municipality
The Chuprene municipality has 9 villages:
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...
of 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...
. It borders 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...
to the west 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...
to the northeast. Its administrative centre is the city of Vidin
Vidin
Vidin is a port town on the southern bank of the Danube in northwestern Bulgaria. It is close to the borders with Serbia and Romania, and is also the administrative centre of Vidin Province, as well as of the Metropolitan of Vidin...
on the Danube river. The area is divided into 11 municipalities. As of December 2009, the province has a population of 108,067 inhabitants.
There are remains of many castles, some of which are Baba Vida
Baba Vida
Baba Vida is a medieval fortress in Vidin in northwestern Bulgaria and the town's primary landmark. It consists of two fundamental walls and four towers and is said to be the only entirely preserved medieval castle in the country....
, one of the last Bulgarian strongholds during the Ottoman invasion
Bulgarian-Ottoman Wars
The Bulgarian-Ottoman wars were fought between the disintegrating Bulgarian Empire and the new emerging Turkic power, the Ottoman Turks in the second half the 14th century and the beginning of the 15th century. The war ended with the collapse of the once powerful Bulgarian Empire in 1422. The...
and the Belogradchik fortress.
Municipalities
The Vidin Province contains 11 municipalities (singular: oбщина, obshtina - plural: oбщини, obshtini). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population of each as of December 2009.| Municipality | Cyrillic | Pop. | Town/Village | Pop. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belogradchik Belogradchik Municipality Belogradchik Municipality is a municipality in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the western parts of the so called Fore-Balkan area. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Belogradchik... |
Белоградчик | 7,045 | Belogradchik Belogradchik Belogradchik is a town in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of the homonymous Belogradchik Municipality. The town, whose name literally means "small white town," is situated in the foothills of the Balkan Mountains just east of the Serbian border and about 50 km... |
5,334 |
| Boynitsa Boynitsa Municipality Boynitsa Municipality is a small frontier municipality in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 20 km southwest of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Boynitsa... |
Бойница | 1,717 | Boynitsa Boynitsa Boynitsa is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vidin Province. It is the administrative centre of Boynitsa Municipality, which lies in the western part of Vidin Province... |
595 |
| Bregovo Bregovo Municipality Bregovo Municipality is a frontier municipality in Vidin 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 Bregovo... |
Брегово | 6,168 | Bregovo Bregovo Bregovo is a town in the very northwest of Bulgaria, situated on the east bank of the Timok River close to its mouth. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Bregovo Municipality, Vidin Province. The town is located close to the city of Vidin near the national border crossings with... |
2,592 |
| Vidin Vidin Municipality Vidin Municipality is a municipality in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain... |
Видин | 66,126 | Vidin Vidin Vidin is a port town on the southern bank of the Danube in northwestern Bulgaria. It is close to the borders with Serbia and Romania, and is also the administrative centre of Vidin Province, as well as of the Metropolitan of Vidin... |
49,471 |
| Gramada Gramada Municipality Gramada Municipality is a small municipality in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 8 km southwest of Danube river... |
Грамада | 2,384 | Gramada Gramada Gramada is a town in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vidin Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Gramada Municipality, which lies in the central part of Vidin Province. It is located in the western Danubian Plain, 30 kilometres from the provincial capital Vidin and 200... |
1,647 |
| Dimovo Dimovo Municipality Dimovo Municipality is a municipality in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain... |
Димово | 7,175 | Dimovo Dimovo Dimovo is a town in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vidin Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Dimovo Municipality, which lies in the eastern part of Vidin Province, 30 kilometres from Vidin at the Danube and 50 kilometres from Bregovo at the Timok River and the Serbian border... |
1,211 |
| Kula Kula Municipality, Bulgaria Kula Municipality is a municipality in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 10 km southwest of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Kula... |
Кула | 4,958 | Kula Kula, Bulgaria Kula is a town in northwestern Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of Kula Municipality part of Vidin Province. Located just east of the Serbian-Bulgarian border, it is the third largest town in the province after Vidin and Belogradchik. Kula lies 30 kilometres west of Vidin and 13... |
3,287 |
| Makresh Makresh Municipality Makresh Municipality is a municipality in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 12 km southwest of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Makresh... |
Макреш | 1,938 | Makresh Makresh Makresh is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vidin Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Makresh Municipality, which lies in the western part of Vidin Province, close to the Bulgarian-Serbian border... |
473 |
| Novo Selo Novo Selo Municipality, Bulgaria Novo Selo Municipality is a frontier municipality in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Novo Selo... |
Ново Село | 3,381 | Novo Selo Novo Selo, Vidin Province Novo Selo is a village in northwesternmost Bulgaria, part of Vidin Province. It lies on the right bank of the Danube and is the administrative centre of a municipality with the same name.... |
1,144 |
| Ruzhintsi Ruzhintsi Municipality Ruzhintsi Municipality is a municipality in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 8 km south of Danube river... |
Ружинци | 4,890 | Ruzhintsi Ruzhintsi Ruzhintsi is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vidin Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Ruzhintsi Municipality, which lies in the southeastern part of Vidin Province. Ruzhintsi is located 54 kilometres from the provincial capital Vidin and 43 kilometres from... |
915 |
| Chuprene Chuprene Municipality Chuprene Municipality is a frontier municipality in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the vicinity of the western parts of Stara Planina range in the so called Fore-Balkan area. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Chuprene... |
Чупрене | 2,285 | Chuprene Chuprene Chuprene is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vidin Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Chuprene Municipality, which lies in the southern part of Vidin Province... |
576 |
Geography
Danubian Plain (Bulgaria)
The Danubian Plain constitutes the northern part of Bulgaria, situated north of the Balkan Mountains and south of the Danube. Its western border is the Timok River and to the east it borders the Black Sea. The plain has an area of . It is about long and wide.The relief of the Danubian Plain is...
and Stara Planina, while the Danube
Danube
The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....
forms the border with 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...
. The slopes of Stara Planina are covered with dense forests, lush meadows and boasts the majestic rock phenomena, the Belogradchik Rocks
Belogradchik Rocks
The Belogradchik Rocks are a group of bizarrely shaped sandstone, limestone and conglomerate rock formations located on the western slopes of the Balkan Mountains near the town of Belogradchik in northwest Bulgaria...
. There are around 80 cave
Cave
A cave or cavern is a natural underground space large enough for a human to enter. The term applies to natural cavities some part of which is in total darkness. The word cave also includes smaller spaces like rock shelters, sea caves, and grottos.Speleology is the science of exploration and study...
s situated close to the border with 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...
, the most famous being the Magura Cave
Magura Cave
The Magura Cave is among Bulgaria's most famous and beautiful caves. It is located in north-western Bulgaria close to the village of Rabisha, at 18 km from the town of Belogradchik in the Vidin Province. The total length of the Magura cave is 2,5 km...
, which known with its cave painting from 10,000 BC. There is also a lake in the proximity of the cave.
Demography
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
of 130,074 according to a 2001 census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, 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 108,067 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
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
:
Religion
Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:| Census 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| religious adherence | population | % |
| Orthodox Christians | 125,063 | 96.15% |
| 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 |
139 | 0.11% |
| Roman Catholics | 143 | 0.11% |
| Protestants Protestantism Protestantism is one of the three major groupings within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices, especially in regards to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology.The doctrines of the... |
397 | 0.31% |
| Other | 602 | 0.46% |
| Religion not mentioned | 3,730 | 2.87% |
| total | 130,074 | 100% |
Towns and villages
The place names in bold have the status of townTown
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
(in Bulgarian: град, transliterated as grad). Other localities have the status of village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
(in Bulgarian: село, transliterated as selo). The names of localities are transliterated in Latin alphabet
Latin alphabet
The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most recognized alphabet used in the world today. It evolved from a western variety of the Greek alphabet called the Cumaean alphabet, which was adopted and modified by the Etruscans who ruled early Rome...
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).
Belogradchik MunicipalityBelogradchik MunicipalityBelogradchik Municipality is a municipality in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the western parts of the so called Fore-Balkan area. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Belogradchik...
The Belogradchik municipality has one town (in bold) and 17 villages:
BelogradchikBelogradchikBelogradchik is a town in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of the homonymous Belogradchik Municipality. The town, whose name literally means "small white town," is situated in the foothills of the Balkan Mountains just east of the Serbian border and about 50 km...
(Белоградчик)
Borovitsa (Боровица)
Veshtitsa (Вещица)
Varba (Върба)
Granitovo (Гранитово)
Granichak (Граничак)
Dabravka (Дъбравка)
Krachimir (Крачимир)
Oshane (Ошане)
Prauzhda (Праужда)
Prolaznitsa (Пролазница)
RabishaRabishaRabisha is a village in north-western Bulgaria, in Vidin region and Belogradchik municipality.- Geography :Rabisha village is located 45 kilometers from Vidin and 20 km from Belogradchik. It is also located on Archar river. Its population is about 300 people...
(Рабиша)
Rayanovtsi (Раяновци)
Salash (Салаш)
Slivovnik (Сливовник)
Stakevtsi (Стакевци)
Struindol (Струиндол)
Chiflik (Чифлик)
Boynitsa MunicipalityBoynitsa MunicipalityBoynitsa Municipality is a small frontier municipality in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 20 km southwest of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Boynitsa...
The Boynitsa municipality has 9 villages:
BoynitsaBoynitsaBoynitsa is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vidin Province. It is the administrative centre of Boynitsa Municipality, which lies in the western part of Vidin Province...
(Бойница)
Borilovets (Бориловец)
Gradskovski kolibi (Градсковски колиби)
Halovski kolibi (Халовски колиби)
Kanits (Каниц)
Perilovets (Периловец)
Rabrovo (Раброво)
Shipkova mahala (Шипикова махала)
Shishentsi (Шишенци)
Bregovo MunicipalityBregovo MunicipalityBregovo Municipality is a frontier municipality in Vidin 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 Bregovo...
The Bregovo municipality has one town (in bold) and 9 villages:
BregovoBregovoBregovo is a town in the very northwest of Bulgaria, situated on the east bank of the Timok River close to its mouth. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Bregovo Municipality, Vidin Province. The town is located close to the city of Vidin near the national border crossings with...
(Брегово)
Baley (Балей)
VravVravVrav is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Bregovo municipality, Vidin Province. Located on the right bank of the Danube at the place where the Timok River empties into it, Vrav is the northernmost populated place in Bulgaria and the first Bulgarian port along the Danube's course...
(Връв)
Gamzovo (Гъмзово)
Deleyna (Делейна)
Kalina (Калина)
Kosovo (Косово)
Kudelin (Куделин)
Rakitnitsa (Ракитница)
Tiyanovtsi (Тияновци)
Vidin MunicipalityVidin MunicipalityVidin Municipality is a municipality in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain...
The Vidin municipality has two towns (in bold) and 33 villages:
Akatsievo (Акациево)
Antimovo (Антимово)
Bela Rada (Бела Рада)
Botevo (Ботево)
Bukovets (Буковец)
VidinVidinVidin is a port town on the southern bank of the Danube in northwestern Bulgaria. It is close to the borders with Serbia and Romania, and is also the administrative centre of Vidin Province, as well as of the Metropolitan of Vidin...
(Видин)
Voinitsa (Войница)
Vartop (Въртоп)
Gaytantsi (Гайтанци)
General Marinovo (Генерал Мариново)
Gomotartsi (Гомотарци)
Gradets (Градец)
Dinkovitsa (Динковица)
Dolni Boshnyak (Долни Бошняк)
Druzhba (Дружба)
DunavtsiDunavtsiDunavtsi is a town in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vidin Municipality, Vidin Province. It lies in the northwestern Danubian Plain, in a small valley adjacent to the Danube River. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 2,743 inhabitants....
(Дунавци)
Zheglitsa (Жеглица)
Ivanovtsi (Ивановци)
Inovo (Иново)
Kalenik (Каленик)
Kapitanovtsi (Капитановци)
Koshava (Кошава)
Kutovo (Кутово)
Mayor Uzunovo (Майор Узуново)
Novoseltsi (Новоселци)
Peshakovo (Пешаково)
Plakuder (Плакудер)
Pokrayna (Покрайна)
Ruptsi (Рупци)
Tsar Simeonovo (Цар Симеоново)
Sinagovtsi (Синаговци)
Slana baraSlana BaraSlana Bara is a quarter of the city of Novi Sad in Serbia.-Name:Its name in the Serbian language means "the salty bog". The name refer to the large bog that existed in this area in the past, and whose remains are still visible.-History:...
(Слана бара)
Slanotran (Сланотрън)
Tarnyane (Търняне)
Gramada MunicipalityGramada MunicipalityGramada Municipality is a small municipality in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 8 km southwest of Danube river...
The Gramada municipality has one town (in bold) and 7 villages:
Boyanovo (Бояново)
Brankovtsi (Бранковци)
Vodna (Водна)
GramadaGramadaGramada is a town in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vidin Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Gramada Municipality, which lies in the central part of Vidin Province. It is located in the western Danubian Plain, 30 kilometres from the provincial capital Vidin and 200...
(Грамада)
Medeshevtsi (Медешевци)
Milchina laka (Милчина лъка)
Sratsimirovo (Срацимирово)
Toshevtsi (Тошевци)
Dimovo MunicipalityDimovo MunicipalityDimovo Municipality is a municipality in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain...
The Dimovo municipality has one town (in bold) and 22 villages:
Archar (Арчар)
Bela (Бела)
Vladichentsi (Владиченци)
Vodnyantsi (Воднянци)
Varbovchets (Върбовчец)
Oreshets (Орешец)
DimovoDimovoDimovo is a town in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vidin Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Dimovo Municipality, which lies in the eastern part of Vidin Province, 30 kilometres from Vidin at the Danube and 50 kilometres from Bregovo at the Timok River and the Serbian border...
(Димово)
Dalgo pole (Дълго поле)
Darzhanitsa (Държаница)
Izvor (Извор)
Karbintsi (Карбинци)
KladorubKladorubKladorub is a village in northwestern Bulgaria.It is located in Vidin region , Dimovo Municipality.- History :Kladorub lies upon the remains of an ancient village...
(Кладоруб)
Kostichovtsi (Костичовци)
Lagoshevtsi (Лагошевци)
Mali Drenovets (Мали Дреновец)
Medovnitsa (Медовница)
Gara Oreshets (Гара Орешец)
Ostrokaptsi (Острокапци)
Septemvriytsi (Септемврийци)
Smolya (Скомля)
Shipot (Шипот)
Yanyovets (Яньовец)
Yarlovitsa (Ярловица)
Kula MunicipalityKula Municipality, BulgariaKula Municipality is a municipality in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 10 km southwest of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Kula...
The Kula municipality has one town (in bold) and 8 villages:
Golemanovo (Големаново)
Izvor mahala (Извор махала)
Kosta Perchevo (Коста Перчево)
KulaKula, BulgariaKula is a town in northwestern Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of Kula Municipality part of Vidin Province. Located just east of the Serbian-Bulgarian border, it is the third largest town in the province after Vidin and Belogradchik. Kula lies 30 kilometres west of Vidin and 13...
(Кула)
Poletkovtsi (Полетковци)
Staropatitsa (Старопатица)
Topolovets (Тополовец)
Tsar Petrovo (Цар-Петрово)
Chichil (Чичил)
Makresh MunicipalityMakresh MunicipalityMakresh Municipality is a municipality in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 12 km southwest of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Makresh...
The Makresh municipality has 7 villages:
Valchek (Вълчек)
Kireevo (Киреево)
MakreshMakreshMakresh is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vidin Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Makresh Municipality, which lies in the western part of Vidin Province, close to the Bulgarian-Serbian border...
(Макреш)
Podgore (Подгоре)
Rakovitsa (Раковица)
TolovitsaTolovitsaTolovitsa is a village in northwestern Bulgaria.It is in Vidin region and Makresh Municipality. It is one of the smallest villages in the region with only 65 inhabitants.- Geography :...
(Толовица)
Tsar Shishmanovo (Цар Шишманово)
Novo SeloNovo Selo Municipality, BulgariaNovo Selo Municipality is a frontier municipality in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Novo Selo...
The Novo Selo municipality has 5 villages:
Vinarovo (Винарово)
NegovanovtsiNegovanovtsiNegovanovtsi is a village located in Novo Selo Municipality, part of Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria. The population of the village is 743.-External links:*...
(Неговановци)
Novo SeloNovo Selo, Vidin ProvinceNovo Selo is a village in northwesternmost Bulgaria, part of Vidin Province. It lies on the right bank of the Danube and is the administrative centre of a municipality with the same name....
(Ново село)
Florentin (Флорентин)
Yasen (Ясен)
Ruzhintsi MunicipalityRuzhintsi MunicipalityRuzhintsi Municipality is a municipality in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 8 km south of Danube river...
The Ruzhintsi municipality has 10 villages:
Belo pole (Бело поле)
Gyurgich (Гюргич)
Dinkovo (Динково)
Drazhintsi (Дражинци)
Drenovets (Дреновец)
Pleshivets (Плешивец)
Roglets (Роглец)
RuzhintsiRuzhintsiRuzhintsi is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vidin Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Ruzhintsi Municipality, which lies in the southeastern part of Vidin Province. Ruzhintsi is located 54 kilometres from the provincial capital Vidin and 43 kilometres from...
(Ружинци)
Topolovets (Тополовец)
Cherno pole (Черно поле)
Chuprene MunicipalityChuprene MunicipalityChuprene Municipality is a frontier municipality in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the vicinity of the western parts of Stara Planina range in the so called Fore-Balkan area. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Chuprene...
The Chuprene municipality has 9 villages:
BostaniteBostaniteBostanite is a village in the municipality of Chuprene, in Vidin Province, in northwestern Bulgaria.-References:...
(Бостаните)
Varbovo (Върбово)
Gorni LomGorni LomGorni Lom is a village in north-western Bulgaria, Vidin Province. The population of Gorni Lom is 784.The village is situated in a mountainous region, on the upper stream of the Lom River. It is located in the foot of Midzhur, the highest peak in western Stara Planina. Gorni Lom is a starting point...
(Горни Лом)
Dolni LomDolni LomDolni Lom is a village in the municipality of Chuprene, in Vidin Province, in northwestern Bulgaria.-References:...
(Долни Лом)
ProtopopintsiProtopopintsiProtopopintsi is a village in the municipality of Chuprene, in Vidin Province, in northwestern Bulgaria.-References:...
(Протопопинци)
ReplyanaReplyanaReplyana is a village in the municipality of Chuprene, in Vidin Province, in northwestern Bulgaria.-References:...
(Репляна)
SredogrivSredogrivSredogriv is a village in the municipality of Chuprene, in Vidin Province, in northwestern Bulgaria.-References:...
(Средогрив)
Targovishte (Търговище)
ChupreneChupreneChuprene is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vidin Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Chuprene Municipality, which lies in the southern part of Vidin Province...
(Чупрене)