Boychinovtsi Municipality Община Бойчиновци | |
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Municipality | |
 Boychinovtsi Municipality within Bulgaria and Montana Province. | |
| Coordinates:43°31′N23°23′E / 43.517°N 23.383°E /43.517; 23.383 | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province(Oblast) | Montana |
| Admin. centre(Obshtinski tsentar) | Boychinovtsi |
| Area | |
• Total | 307.32 km2 (118.66 sq mi) |
| Population (Census February 2011)[1] | |
• Total | 9,137 |
| • Density | 30/km2 (77/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Boychinovtsi Municipality (Bulgarian:Община Бойчиновци) is amunicipality (obshtina) inMontana Province, NorthwesternBulgaria, located in the transition between theDanubian Plain and the area of the so-calledFore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre – the town ofBoychinovtsi.
The municipality embraces a territory of 307.32 km2 (118.66 sq mi) with a population of 9,137 inhabitants, as of February 2011.[1]
Ogosta river, a right tributary of theDanube, flows through the area from southwest to northeast.
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Boychinovtsi Municipality includes the following 13 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
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| Boychinovtsi | Бойчиновци | 1,648 |
| Beli Breg | Бели брег | 119 |
| Beli Brod | Бели брод | 247 |
| Erden | Ерден | 561 |
| Gromshin | Громшин | 865 |
| Kobilyak | Кобиляк | 339 |
| Lehchevo | Лехчево | 1,922 |
| Madan | Мадан | 861 |
| Marchevo | Мърчево | 905 |
| Ohrid | Охрид | 474 |
| Palilula | Палилула | 70 |
| Portitovtsi | Портитовци | 451 |
| Vladimirovo | Владимирово | 1,453 |
| Total | 9,915 |
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Boychinovtsi Municipality has comprised the former municipality ofLehchevo and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.
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| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 12,848 | 10,070 | 14,242 | 12,258 | 11,062 | 10,466 | 9,915 | 9,137 |
| Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[1] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[6] | ||||||||
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
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Places adjacent to Boychinovtsi Municipality | |
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