Chiprovtsi Municipality
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Chiprovtsi Municipality Община Чипровци |
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| Municipality | |
 Chiprovtsi Municipality within Bulgaria and Montana Province. |
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| Coordinates: 43°23′N 22°50′E / 43.383°N 22.833°ECoordinates: 43°23′N 22°50′E / 43.383°N 22.833°E | |
| Country |
 Bulgaria
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| Province (Oblast) | Montana |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Chiprovtsi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 286.8 km2 (110.7 sq mi) |
| Population (Census February 2011) | |
| • Total | 3,657 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Chiprovtsi Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Чипровци) is a small frontier municipality (obshtina) in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located on the northern slopes of western Stara Planina mountain and the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Chiprovtsi. In the southwest, the municipality borders on Republic of Serbia.
The area embraces a territory of 286.8 km² with a population of 3,657 inhabitants, as of February 2011.
Chiprovtsi Municipality includes the following 10 places (towns are shown in bold):
Chiprovtsi Municipality is located in the western part of Montana Province. The municipality has an area of 286.9 square kilometres (110.8 sq mi), which is 7.89% of the provinces' territory and 0.26% of that of Bulgaria. To the east, Chiprovtsi municipality borders Montana and Georgi Damyanovo municipalities of the same province; its southern neighbour is also Georgi Damyanovo. To the west are the Serbian border and Chuprene municipality of Vidin Province and to the north is Ruzhintsi municipality of Vidin Province. Besides the town, the municipality includes nine villages, namely Belimel, Chelyustnitsa, Gorna Kovachitsa, Gorna Luka, Martinovo, Mitrovtsi, Prevala, Ravna and Zhelezna. The town lies 155 km (96 mi) from the Bulgarian capital Sofia, 35 km (22 mi) from the provincial capital Montana, 44 km (27 mi) from Berkovitsa and 18 km (11 mi) from the national border of Bulgaria and Serbia; the nearest Serbian municipality is Surdulica.
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