Berkovitsa Municipality

Berkovitsa Municipality is a municipality in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan to the northern slopes of the western Stara planina mountain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Berkovitsa.
The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 18,503 inhabitants, as of February 2011.
Todorini Kukli peak,, is located in the southeastern part of the area almost on the very border with Varshets Municipality.

Settlements

Berkovitsa Municipality includes the following 20 places :

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.

According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:

Berkovitsa has a terminus railway station. It is connected to Montana and has access to the railway connecting Vidin and Vratsa. There is infrequent passenger traffic.