Varshets Municipality


Varshets Municipality is a municipality 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.
The municipality embraces a territory of 240 km² with a population of 8,108 inhabitants, as of February 2011.
Todorini Kukli peak 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 :
Town/VillageCyrillicPopulation
VarshetsВършец 6,538
CherkaskiЧеркаски316
Dolna Bela RechkaДолна Бела речка99
Dolno OzirovoДолно Озирово477
DraganitsaДраганица260
Gorna Bela RechkaГорна Бела речка83
Gorno OzirovoГорно Озирово382
SpanchevtsiСпанчевци367
StoyanovoСтояново81
Total8,605

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: