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Montana Province
Montana Province occupies the central part of Northwestern Bulgaria with a total area of 3635 square kilometers, which is 3.2 percent of the territory of Bulgaria. Northern boundary of the area is the Danube, which is the state border with Romania. Southwest area bordered by Serbia to the south is bounded by the northern slopes of Stara Planina. Contiguous area in a westerly direction is Vidin, in the east - Vratsa District and the South – Sofia.
An important advantage of areas related to its location, is the fact that it passes through two European transport corridors network TINA - Corridor № 4 (road E 79) Vidin-Montana-Vratsa-Sofia-Tower (FP I-1) and corridor № 7 (Danube).
Here you can get the shortest road link from Vidin to Sofia - secondary road II - 81 through saddle „Petrohan” which serves the port of Lom, as it provides a link to the Greek port of Thessaloniki. These factors can have a stimulating effect on the overall development of industry, agriculture, trade and tourism in the area.
The area is divided into eleven administrative municipalities: Berkovitsa Boychinovtsi, Brusartsi, Varshets Valchedram, George Damyanovo, Lom, Medkovets Montana Chiprovtsi and Yakimovo. The districts Montana, Vidin and Vratsa are Northwest Planning Region.
As of February 2011, the province has a population of 148,098 inhabitants, on territory of 3,635.5 km².
The story of Montana is centuries old and dates back to ancient times. In antiquity the region was inhabited by the Thracian tribe "Tribals". After becoming part of the Eastern Roman Empire, in the region appear settlements like Montanenzium /Montana/, Almus /Lom/ and Medeka /Varshets/, later come Slavs and Bulgarians. Contemporary culture of the area has kept strong influence of different eras, but deep in its essence it is a Bulgarian, European and universal spirit.
Source:
District Administration Montana
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