Medkovets Municipality

Medkovets Municipality
Община Медковец
Municipality

Medkovets Municipality within Bulgaria and Montana Province.
Coordinates: 43°37′N 23°10′E / 43.617°N 23.167°E / 43.617; 23.167Coordinates: 43°37′N 23°10′E / 43.617°N 23.167°E / 43.617; 23.167
Country  Bulgaria
Province (Oblast) Montana
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) Medkovets
Area
  Total 188 km2 (73 sq mi)
Population (Census February 2011)[1]
  Total 3,939
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Medkovets Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Медковец) is a small municipality (obshtina) in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the area of the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Medkovets.

The municipality embraces a territory of 188 km² with a population of 3,939 inhabitants, as of February 2011.[1]

Settlements

Medkovets Municipality includes the following 5 places all of them villages:

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[2][3][4]
(December 2009)
Medkovets Медковец 1,850
Asparuhovo Аспарухово 556
Pishurka Пишурка 124
Rasovo Расово 1,297
Slivovik Сливовик 483
Total 4,310

Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.

Medkovets Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 9,463 7,640 6,849 5,661 4,856 4,571 4,310 3,939
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[1] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[6]

See also

References

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