Country Bulgaria Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) Varshets Area 240 km² | Province (Oblast) Montana Time zone EET (UTC+2) | |
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Varshets Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Вършец) is a municipality (obshtina) in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located on the northern slopes of the western Stara planina mountain to the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Varshets.
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The municipality embraces a territory of 240 km² with a population of 8,108 inhabitants, as of February 2011.
Todorini Kukli peak (1,785 m (5,856 ft)) is located in the southwestern part of the area almost on the very border with Berkovitsa Municipality.
Settlements
Varshets Municipality includes the following 9 places (towns are shown in bold):
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
References
Varshets Municipality Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA