The municipality embraces a territory of 501 km2 (193 sq mi) with a population of 66,126 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
The main road E79 crosses the area, connecting the province centre of Vidin with the city of Montana and respectively with the western operating part of Hemus motorway.
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Vidin Municipality has comprised the former municipality of Dunavtsi and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.
Vidin Municipality
Year
1975
1985
1992
2001
2005
2007
2009
2011
Population
76,522
82,147
85,963
77,500
71,222
68,302
66,126
63,257
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7]
Ethnicity
According to the 2011 census, among those who answered the optional question on ethnic identification, the ethnic composition of the municipality was the following:[8]
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 Vidin Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 84.3% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
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