Chuprene Municipality Община Чупрене | |
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Municipality | |
 Chuprene Municipality within Bulgaria and Vidin Province. | |
| Coordinates:43°29′N22°41′E / 43.483°N 22.683°E /43.483; 22.683 | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province(Oblast) | Vidin |
| Admin. centre(Obshtinski tsentar) | Chuprene |
| Area | |
• Total | 330 km2 (130 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 2,285 |
| • Density | 6.9/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Chuprene Municipality (Bulgarian:Община Чупрене) is a frontiermunicipality (obshtina) inVidin Province, NorthwesternBulgaria, located in the vicinity of the western parts ofStara Planina range in the so-calledFore-Balkan area. It is named after its administrative centre - the village ofChuprene. In the southwest, the municipality borders onRepublic of Serbia.
The area embraces a territory of 330 km2 (130 sq mi) with a population of 2,285 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
Midzhur peak, 2,168 m (7,113 ft), the highest point of the westernBalkan Mountains, is located in the municipality almost on the very border with Serbia.
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Chuprene Municipality includes the following 9 places all of them villages:
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
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| Chuprene | Чупрене | 576 |
| Dolni Lom | Долни Лом | 229 |
| Gorni Lom | Горни Лом | 777 |
| Protopopintsi | Протопопинци | 91 |
| Replyana | Репляна | 193 |
| Sredogriv | Средогрив | 129 |
| Targovishte | Търговище | 162 |
| Varbovo | Върбово | 128 |
| Total | 2,285 |
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
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| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 5,612 | 4,439 | 3,778 | 3,004 | 2,580 | 2,399 | 2,285 | 2,083 |
| Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7] | ||||||||
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
| Orthodox Christianity | 82.5% | |||
| Catholicism | 0.0% | |||
| Protestantism | 0.2% | |||
| Islam | 0.0% | |||
| No religion | 14.2% | |||
| Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable | 3.1% | |||
An overwhelming majority of the population of Chuprene Municipality identify themselves asChristians. At the 2011 census, 82.5% of respondents identified asOrthodox Christians belonging to theBulgarian Orthodox Church.
Places adjacent to Chuprene Municipality | |
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