Montana Province

{{#invoke:other uses|otheruses}} Template:Short description Template:Coord Template:Infobox settlement Montana Province (Template:Langx, transliterated: Oblast Montana) is a province in northwestern Bulgaria, bordering Serbia in the southwest and Romania in the north. It spreads its area between the Danube river and the Balkan Mountains. As of February 2011, the province had a population of 148,098,<ref name="montana province census 2011">Template:In lang National Statistical Institute - Census 2011</ref> on territory of Template:Cvt. It was named after its administrative centre the city of Montana.

Municipalities

The Montana province (Област, oblast) contains 11 municipalities (singular: община, obshtina - plural: Общини, obshtini). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and in Cyrillic, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population as of 2011.

Municipality	Cyrillic	Pop.<ref name="divisions">Template:In lang Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - provinces and municipalities in 2009</ref><ref name="population">Template:In lang „WorldCityPopulation“</ref><ref name="pop-stat-divisions">„pop-stat.mashke.org“</ref>	Town/Village	Pop.<ref name="population"/><ref name="statistika">Template:In lang Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009</ref><ref name="pop-stat">„pop-stat.mashke.org“</ref>
Berkovitsa	Берковица	19,587	Berkovitsa	14,124
Boychinovtsi	Бойчиновци	9,611	Boychinovtsi	1,588
Brusartsi	Брусарци	5,140	Brusartsi	1,277
Chiprovtsi	Чипровци	3,773	Chiprovtsi	1,937
Georgi Damyanovo	Георги Дамяново	2,867	Georgi Damyanovo	494
Lom	Лом	31,064	Lom	25,321
Medkovets	Медковец	4,103	Medkovets	1,866
Montana	Монтана	57,064	Montana	46,574
Valchedram	Вълчедръм	9,988	Valchedram	3,748
Varshets	Вършец	8,424	Varshets	6,439
Yakimovo	Якимово	4,481	Yakimovo	1,711

Demographics

Template:Historical populationsThe Montana province had a population of 148,098 according to a 2011 census, of which Template:Pct were male and Template:Pct were female.<ref name="NSI Census 2001">Template:In lang Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex Template:Webarchive from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001 Template:Webarchive</ref> As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 155,899<ref name="divisions" /> of which Template:Pct are inhabitants aged over 60 years.<ref name="NSI age">Template:In lang Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009 Template:Webarchive</ref>

Ethnic groups

Template:Bar box Total population (2011 census): 148 098<ref>Template:In lang Population on 01.02.2011 by provinces, municipalities, settlements and age; National Statistical Institute</ref>

Ethnic groups (2011 census):<ref>Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute Template:In lang</ref> Identified themselves: 143 467 persons:

Bulgarians: 123 820 (86,31%)
Romani: 18 228 (12,71%)
Others and indefinable: 1 248 (0,87%)

In the 2001 census, 181,175 people of the population of 182,258 of Montana Province identified themselves as belonging to one of the following ethnic groups (with percentage of total population):<ref name="NSI Census 2001 Ethnicity">Template:In lang Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Ethnic Group from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001 Template:Webarchive</ref>

Ethnic group	Population	Percentage
Bulgarians	157,507	Template:Pct
Romani	22,784	Template:Pct
Russians	272	Template:Pct
Turkish	235	Template:Pct
Armenian	19	Template:Pct
Vlachs Template:Small	19	Template:Pct
Macedonian	16	Template:Pct
Greeks	24	Template:Pct
Ukrainians	46	Template:Pct
Jews	3	Template:Pct
Other	250	Template:Pct

Language

In the 2001 census, 181,208 people of the population of 182,258 of Montana Province identified one of the following as their mother tongue (with percentage of total population): 160,494 Bulgarian (Template:Pct), 19,849 Romani (Template:Pct), 220 Turkish (Template:Pct), and 645 other (Template:Pct).<ref name="NSI Census 2001 Language">Template:In lang Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Mother Tongue from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001 Template:Webarchive</ref>

Religion

Template:Bar box In the 2011 census, 136,175 people of the population of 148,098 of Montana Province identified one of the following as their religion:

Census 2011
religious adherence	population	%
Orthodox Christians	100,571	73.86%
Protestants	2,740	2.01%
Roman Catholics	438	0.32%
Muslims	94	0.07%
Other	163	0.12%
Religion not mentioned	17,323	12,72%
Religion none	14,842	10,9%
total	148,098	100%

In the 2001 census, 172,358 people of the population of 182,258 of Montana Province identified one of the following as their religion:<ref name="religion 2001">Template:In lang Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001 Template:Webarchive</ref>

Census 2001
religious adherence	population	%
Orthodox Christians	168,171	92.27%
Protestants	3,680	2.02%
Muslims	283	0.16%
Roman Catholics	121	0.07%
Other	864	0.47%
Religion not mentioned	9,139	5.01%
total	182,258	100%

Towns and villages

The place names in bold have the status of town (in Bulgarian: град, transliterated as grad). Other localities have the status of village (in Bulgarian: село, transliterated as selo). The names of localities are transliterated in Latin alphabet,<ref>Geonames Search Template:Webarchive at National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) - reference for location names</ref><ref>Montana Region/District at Guide-Bulgaria.com - reference for location names</ref> followed in parentheses by the original name in Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet which links to the corresponding Bulgarian Wikipedia article).