Berkovitsa Municipality () is a municipality (obshtina) 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. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Berkovitsa.
The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 18,503 inhabitants, as of February 2011.National Statistical Institute - Census 2011
Todorini Kukli peak, , is located in the southeastern part of the area almost on the very border with Varshets Municipality.
Settlements
Berkovitsa Municipality includes the following 20 places (towns are shown in bold): Town/Village Cyrillic Population https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/(September 2022) Berkovitsa Берковица 12,768 Balyuvitsa Балювица 52 Bistrilitsa Бистрилица 141 Bokilovtsi Бокиловци 77 Borovtsi Боровци 657 Barziya Бързия 1,259 Chereshovitsa Черешовица 40 Gaganitsa Гаганица 269 Komarevo Комарево 67 Kostentsi Костенци 46 Kotenovtsi Котеновци 111 Leskovets Лесковец 43 Mezdreya Мездрея 182 Pesochnitsa Песочница 23 Parlichevo Пърличево 62 Rashovitsa Рашовица 5 Slatina Слатина 165 Tsvetkova Bara Цветкова бара 14 Yagodovo Ягодово 176 Zamfirovo Замфирово 1,110 Total 17,267
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:
Economy Transportation
Berkovitsa has a terminus railway station. It is connected to Montana and has access to the railway connecting Vidin and Vratsa. There is infrequent passenger traffic.
See also Provinces of Bulgaria Municipalities of Bulgaria List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
References
External links Official website