Lom Municipality
Lom Municipality Община Лом | |
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Municipality | |
Lom Municipality within Bulgaria and Montana Province. | |
Coordinates: 43°48′N 23°16′E / 43.800°N 23.267°E / 43.800; 23.267Coordinates: 43°48′N 23°16′E / 43.800°N 23.267°E / 43.800; 23.267 | |
Country | Bulgaria |
Province (Oblast) | Montana |
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Lom |
Area | |
• Total | 323.89 km2 (125.05 sq mi) |
Population (Census February 2011)[1] | |
• Total | 27,294 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Lom Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Лом) is a frontier municipality (obshtina) 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. The area borders Romania across the Danube.
The municipality embraces a territory of 323.89 km² with a population of 27,294 inhabitants, as of February 2011.[1]
Contents
1 Settlements
2 Demography
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Settlements
Montana
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Berkovitsa
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Boychinovtsi
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Brusartsi
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Chiprovtsi
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Georgi Damyanovo
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Lom
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Medkovets
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Valchedram
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Varshets
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Yakimovo
Lom Municipality within Montana Province
Lom Municipality includes the following 10 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
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Lom | Лом | 24,300 |
Dobri Dol | Добри дол | 334 |
Dolno Linevo | Долно Линево | 266 |
Kovachitsa | Ковачица | 1,255 |
Orsoya | Орсоя | 133 |
Slivata | Сливата | 225 |
Staliyska Mahala | Сталийска махала | 1,369 |
Stanevo | Станево | 364 |
Traykovo | Трайково | 932 |
Zamfir | Замфир | 1,020 |
Total | 30,198 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Lom Municipality | ||||||||
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Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 43,672 | 42,950 | 40,262 | 35,077 | 32,135 | 31,170 | 30,198 | 27,294 |
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[1] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[6] |
See also
- Provinces of Bulgaria
- Municipalities of Bulgaria
- List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
References
^ abc (in Bulgarian)National Statistical Institute - Census 2011 Archived 2011-04-10 at the Wayback Machine.
^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine.
^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
^ (in English)National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
External links
Official website (in Bulgarian)