Berkovitsa Municipality


Berkovitsa Municipality is a municipality 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.
The municipality embraces a territory of 470 km² with a population of 18,503 inhabitants, as of February 2011.
Todorini Kukli peak is located in the southeastern part of the area almost on the very border with Varshets Municipality.

Settlements

Berkovitsa Municipality includes the following 20 places :
Town/VillageCyrillicPopulation
BerkovitsaБерковица13,917
BalyuvitsaБалювица74
BistrilitsaБистрилица194
BokilovtsiБокиловци123
BorovtsiБоровци818
BarziyaБързия1,486
ChereshovitsaЧерешовица86
GaganitsaГаганица372
KomarevoКомарево87
KostentsiКостенци98
KotenovtsiКотеновци152
LeskovetsЛесковец70
MezdreyaМездрея241
PesochnitsaПесочница55
ParlichevoПърличево
RashovitsaРашовица5
SlatinaСлатина268
Tsvetkova BaraЦветкова бара25
YagodovoЯгодово182
ZamfirovoЗамфирово1,301
Total19,642

Demography

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

Religion

According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:

Economy

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.