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Makresh Municipality

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Country
  
Bulgaria

Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)
  
Makresh

Area
  
229 km²

Province (Oblast)
  
Vidin

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Population
  
1,938 (Dec 2009)

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Makresh Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Макреш) is a municipality (obshtina) in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 12 km southwest of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Makresh. The area borders on the Republic of Serbia to the west.

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Map of Makresh, Bulgaria

The municipality embraces a territory of 229 km² with a population of 1,938 inhabitants, as of December 2009.

The easternmost border of the area is linked by the main road E79 which connects the province centre of Vidin with the city of Montana and respectively with the western operating part of Hemus motorway.

Settlements

Makresh Municipality includes the following 7 places all of them villages:

Demography

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

References

Makresh Municipality Wikipedia