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Berkovitsa Municipality

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Country
  
Bulgaria

Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)
  
Berkovitsa

Area
  
470 km²

Province (Oblast)
  
Montana

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

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Berkovitsa Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Берковица) 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.

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The municipality embraces a territory of 470 km² with a population of 18,503 inhabitants, as of February 2011.

Todorini Kukli peak (1,785 m (5,856 ft)) is located in the southeastern part of the area almost on the very border with Varshets Municipality.

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Settlements

Berkovitsa Municipality includes the following 20 places (towns are shown in bold):

Demography

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

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.

References

Berkovitsa Municipality Wikipedia