| Dimovo Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Община Димово |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Vidin |
| Subdivision Name2: | Dimovo |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 43.7167°N 68°W |
| Area Total Km2: | 402.87 |
| Population As Of: | December 2009 |
| Population Total: | 7,175 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
Dimovo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Димово) is a municipality (obshtina) in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Dimovo.
The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 7,175 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
The main road E79 (I-1) crosses the area, connecting the province centre of Vidin with the city of Montana and respectively with the western operating part of Hemus motorway.
Dimovo Municipality includes the following 23 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2] [3] [4] (December 2009) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimovo | Димово | 1,211 | |
| Archar | Арчар | 2,603 | |
| Bela | Бела | 120 | |
| Dalgo Pole | Дълго поле | 27 | |
| Darzhanitsa | Държаница | 107 | |
| Gara Oreshets | Гара Орешец | 819 | |
| Izvor | Извор | 311 | |
| Karbintsi | Карбинци | 241 | |
| Kladorub | Кладоруб | 44 | |
| Kostichovtsi | Костичовци | 114 | |
| Lagoshevtsi | Лагошевци | 89 | |
| Mali Drenovets | Мали Дреновец | 83 | |
| Medovnitsa | Медовница | 327 | |
| Oreshets | Орешец | 15 | |
| Ostrokaptsi | Острокапци | 98 | |
| Septemvriytsi | Септемврийци | 251 | |
| Skomlya | Скомля | 43 | |
| Shipot | Шипот | 76 | |
| Vladichentsi | Владиченци | 80 | |
| Vodnyantsi | Воднянци | 279 | |
| Varbovchets | Върбовчец | 94 | |
| Yanyovets | Яньовец | 33 | |
| Yarlovitsa | Ярловица | 110 | |
| Total | 7,175 |
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Population | Live births | Deaths | Natural growth | Birth rate (‰) | Death rate (‰) | Natural growth rate (‰) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9,208 | ||||||
| 2001 | 8,524 | ||||||
| 2002 | 8,337 | ||||||
| 2003 | 8,221 | ||||||
| 2004 | 8,127 | ||||||
| 2005 | 8,065 | ||||||
| 2006 | 7,775 | ||||||
| 2007 | 7,531 | ||||||
| 2008 | 7,319 | ||||||
| 2009 | 7,175 | ||||||
| 2010 | 7,066 | ||||||
| 2011 | 6,440 | ||||||
| 2012 | 6,285 | ||||||
| 2013 | 6,126 | ||||||
| 2014 | 5,977 | ||||||
| 2015 | 6,050 | ||||||
| 2016 | 5,845 | ||||||
| 2017 | 5,804 | ||||||
| 2018 | 5,596 |
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:An overwhelming majority of the population of Dimovo Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 91.1% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.