Vidin Municipality () is a 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 centre - the city of Vidin which is also the capital of the province.
The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 66,126 inhabitants, as of December 2009. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
The main road E79 crosses the area, connecting the province centre of Vidin with the city of Montana and respectively with the western operating part of Hemus motorway.
Settlements
Vidin Municipality includes the following 34 places (towns are shown in bold): Town/Village Cyrillic Population Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009(December 2009) Vidin Видин 49,471 Akatsievo Акациево 112 Antimovo Антимово 616 Bela Rada Бела Рада 608 Botevo Ботево 82 Bukovets Буковец 772 Dinkovitsa Динковица 152 Dolni Boshnyak Долни Бошняк 77 Druzhba Дружба 220 Dunavtsi Дунавци 2,743 Gaytantsi Гайтанци 118 General Marinovo Генерал Мариново 185 Gomotartsi Гомотарци 798 Gradets Градец 1,476 Ivanovtsi Ивановци 113 Inovo Иново 735 Kalenik Каленик 279 Kapitanovtsi Капитановци 1,186 Koshava Кошава 415 Kutovo Кутово 837 Mayor Uzunovo Майор Узуново 334 Novoseltsi Новоселци 879 Peshakovo Пешаково Plakuder Плакудер 94 Pokrayna Покрайна 1,301 Ruptsi Рупци 165 Sinagovtsi Синаговци 430 Slana Bara Слана бара 537 Slanotran Сланотрън 595 Tarnyane Търняне 166 Tsar Simeonovo Цар Симеоново 115 Voynitsa Войница 123 Vartop Въртоп 97 Zheglitsa Жеглица 194 Total 66,126
Demography The following table shows the change of the population since the 1946 census. Since 1992 Vidin Municipality has comprised the former municipality of Dunavtsi and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.
Ethnicity According to the 2011 census, among those who answered the optional question on ethnic identification, the ethnic composition of the municipality was the following:Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute Ethnic group Population Percentage Bulgarians 54546 Turks 66 Roma (Gypsy) 3753 Other 322 Undeclared 345
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:
An overwhelming majority of the population of Vidin Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 84.3% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
See also Provinces of Bulgaria Municipalities of Bulgaria List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
References
External links Official website