Boynitsa Municipality
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Boynitsa Municipality
Община Бойница | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Boynitsa Municipality within Bulgaria and Vidin Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°58′N 22°30′E / 43.967°N 22.500°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Vidin |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Boynitsa |
| Area | |
• Total | 166 km2 (64 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 780 |
| • Density | 4.7/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Boynitsa Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Бойница) is a small frontier municipality (obshtina) in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 20 km southwest of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Boynitsa. The area borders on the Republic of Serbia to the west and northwest.
The municipality embraces a territory of 166 km2 (64 sq mi) with a population of 1,717 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
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Boynitsa Municipality includes the following 8 places all of them villages:
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Boynitsa | Бойница | 595 |
| Borilovets | Бориловец | 299 |
| Gradskovski Kolibi | Градсковски колиби | 67 |
| Kanits | Каниц | 15 |
| Perilovets | Периловец | 91 |
| Rabrovo | Раброво | 468 |
| Shipikova Mahala | Шипикова махала | 8 |
| Shishentsi | Шишенци | 174 |
| Total | 1,717 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population since World War II.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 9,949 | — |
| 1956 | 8,805 | −11.5% |
| 1965 | 7,297 | −17.1% |
| 1975 | 5,466 | −25.1% |
| 1985 | 4,746 | −13.2% |
| 1992 | 3,330 | −29.8% |
| 2001 | 2,270 | −31.8% |
| 2011 | 1,341 | −40.9% |
| 2021 | 763 | −43.1% |
| Source: [5][6][7] | ||
Vital statistics
As of most recent statistics from 2024, the population of Boynitsa dropped further to 712 people. There were no births recorded and 25 deaths. That means that the population dropped by 25 people, because of natural increase. In the period between 2000-2024 there were a total of 119 births recorded. The number of deaths in the same period was 1,719. That means that the population of Boynitsa declined by 1,600 people just because the fact more people are dying than that being born. Boynitsa is one of the smallest municipalities by population (only Treklyano Municipality has a smaller population).
| Population | Live births | Deaths | Natural growth | Birth rate (‰) | Death rate (‰) | Natural growth rate (‰) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,335 | 13 | 96 | -83 | 5.6 | 41.1 | -35.5 |
| 2001 | 2,186 | 12 | 90 | -78 | 5.5 | 41.2 | -35.7 |
| 2002 | 2,152 | 7 | 84 | -77 | 3.3 | 39.0 | -35.8 |
| 2003 | 2,139 | 7 | 67 | -60 | 3.3 | 31.3 | -28.0 |
| 2004 | 2,075 | 4 | 81 | -77 | 1.9 | 39.0 | -37.1 |
| 2005 | 1,947 | 3 | 117 | -114 | 1.5 | 60.1 | -58.6 |
| 2006 | 1,850 | 8 | 92 | -84 | 4.3 | 49.7 | -45.4 |
| 2007 | 1,913 | 4 | 72 | -68 | 2.1 | 37.6 | -35.5 |
| 2008 | 1,797 | 5 | 89 | -84 | 2.8 | 49.5 | -46.7 |
| 2009 | 1,717 | 5 | 74 | -69 | 2.9 | 43.1 | -40.2 |
| 2010 | 1,659 | 7 | 70 | -63 | 4.2 | 43.2 | -38.0 |
| 2011 | 1,293 | 6 | 72 | -66 | 4.6 | 55.7 | -51.0 |
| 2012 | 1,218 | 3 | 73 | -70 | 2.5 | 59.9 | -57.4 |
| 2013 | 1,169 | 7 | 65 | -58 | 6.0 | 55.6 | -49.6 |
| 2014 | 1,126 | 3 | 60 | -57 | 2.7 | 53.3 | -50.6 |
| 2015 | 1,143 | 0 | 52 | -52 | 0.0 | 45.5 | -45.5 |
| 2016 | 1,077 | 4 | 56 | -52 | 3.7 | 52.0 | -48.3 |
| 2017 | 996 | 4 | 46 | -42 | 4.0 | 46.2 | -42.2 |
| 2018 | 936 | 2 | 55 | -53 | 2.1 | 58.8 | -56.6 |
| 2019 | 869 | 4 | 45 | -41 | 4.6 | 51.8 | -47.2 |
| 2020 | 823 | 2 | 40 | -38 | 2.4 | 48.6 | -46.2 |
| 2021 | 780 | 2 | 54 | -52 | 2.6 | 69.2 | -66.6 |
| 2022 | 740 | 1 | 43 | -42 | 1.4 | 58.1 | -56.7 |
| 2023 | 744 | 6 | 24 | -18 | 8.1 | 32.3 | -24.2 |
| 2024 | 712 | 0 | 25 | -25 | 0.0 | 35.1 | -35.1 |
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:
