{{Infobox settlement <!--more fields are available for this Infobox--See Template:Infobox Settlement--> | name = Gramada Municipality | native_name = Община Грамада | settlement_type = Municipality | image_shield = | image_map = Gramada Municipality Within Bulgaria.png | map_caption = Gramada Municipality within Bulgaria and Vidin Province. | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{BUL}} | subdivision_type1 = Province {{smaller|(Oblast)}} | subdivision_name1 = Vidin | subdivision_type2 = Admin. centre {{smaller|(Obshtinski tsentar)}} | subdivision_name2 = Gramada | timezone = EET | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = EEST | utc_offset_DST = +3 | coordinates = {{coord|43|50|N|22|40|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}} | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 184 |population_footnotes = <ref name="divisions"/> |population_as_of = December 2021 |population_total = 1,587 | population_density_km2 = auto | website = }}
'''Gramada Municipality''' ({{langx|bg|Община Грамада}}) is a small municipality (''obshtina'') in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 8 km southwest of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Gramada.
The municipality embraces a territory of {{cvt|184|km2}} with a population of 2,384 inhabitants, as of December 2009.<ref name="divisions">{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1585#cont Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113165626/http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1585#cont |date=2010-11-13 }}</ref>
The easternmost border of the area is linked by the main road E79 which connects the province centre of Vidin with the city of Montana and respectively with the western operating part of Hemus motorway.
== Settlements == {{Image label begin|image=Map of Gramada municipality (Vidin Province).png|width=264|thumb=1|float=right|caption=Gramada Municipality within Vidin Province}} {{Image label small|x=1.48|y=1.02|scale=100|text=13px|right'''<span style="color:Black;">Vidin</span>'''}} {{Image label small|x=1.12|y=2.90|scale=100|text='''<span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; font-size: 1.4em;">•</span>'''}} {{Image label small|x=0.97|y=2.98|scale=100|text=Chuprene}} {{Image label small|x=1.20|y=2.50|scale=100|text='''<span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; font-size: 1.4em;">•</span>'''}} {{Image label small|x=0.60|y=2.42|scale=100|text=Belogradchik}} {{Image label small|x=0.80|y=1.15|scale=100|text='''<span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; font-size: 1.4em;">•</span>'''}} {{Image label small|x=0.58|y=1.07|scale=100|text=Boynitsa}} {{Image label small|x=1.22|y=0.40|scale=100|text='''<span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; font-size: 1.4em;">•</span>'''}} {{Image label small|x=1.00|y=0.48|scale=100|text=Bregovo}} {{Image label small|x=1.20|y=1.62|scale=100|text='''<span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; font-size: 1.4em;">•</span>'''}} {{Image label small|x=0.97|y=1.70|scale=100|text='''Gramada'''}} {{Image label small|x=1.35|y=2.03|scale=100|text='''<span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; font-size: 1.4em;">•</span>'''}} {{Image label small|x=1.40|y=2.11|scale=100|text=Dimovo}} {{Image label small|x=0.76|y=1.48|scale=100|text='''<span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; font-size: 1.4em;">•</span>'''}} {{Image label small|x=0.54|y=1.53|scale=100|text=Kula}} {{Image label small|x=1.17|y=1.92|scale=100|text='''<span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; font-size: 1.4em;">•</span>'''}} {{Image label small|x=0.75|y=1.92|scale=100|text=Makresh}} {{Image label small|x=1.60|y=0.37|scale=100|text='''<span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; font-size: 1.4em;">•</span>'''}} {{Image label small|x=1.63|y=0.30|scale=100|text=Novo Selo}} {{Image label small|x=1.65|y=2.52|scale=100|text='''<span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; font-size: 1.4em;">•</span>'''}} {{Image label small|x=1.60|y=2.60|scale=100|text=Ruzhintsi}} {{Image label end}}
Gramada Municipality includes the following 8 places (towns are shown in bold): {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Town/Village ! Cyrillic ! Population<ref name="statistika">{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1588#cont Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113165731/http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1588#cont |date=2010-11-13 }}</ref><ref name="villages under 1000">{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/nrnm/index.php?ezik=en&f=8&s=1&date=29.12.2010&e=1&s1=4&c1=2&a1=1000&c=0 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009]</ref><ref name="Settlements 1000-5000">{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/nrnm/index.php?ezik=en&f=8&s=1&date=29.12.2010&e=1&s1=4&c1=3&a1=1000&c=1&s2=4&c2=2&a2=5000 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009]</ref><br><small>(December 2009)</small> |- | '''Gramada''' | '''Грамада''' | align="center" | 1,647 |- | Boyanovo | Бояново | align="center" | 17 |- | Brankovtsi | Бранковци | align="center" | 140 |- | Medeshevtsi | Медешевци | align="center" | 94 |- | Milchina Laka | Милчина лъка | align="center" | 72 |- | Sratsimirovo | Срацимирово | align="center" | 66 |- | Toshevtsi | Тошевци | align="center" | 241 |- | Vodna | Водна | align="center" | 107 |- ! Total ! ! align="center" | 2,384 |}
== Demography == The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
{{Table BG Municipality population | municipality = Gramada | 1975 = 5,509 | 1985 = 4,361 | 1992 = 4,128 | 2001 = 3,196 | 2005 = 2,728 | 2007 = 2,530 | 2009 = 2,384 | 2011 = 2,007 | ref 1 = <ref name="divisions"/><ref name="pop1985">{{in lang|bg}}[http://statlib.nsi.bg:8181/isisbgstat/ssp/lister.asp?content=/Fullt/extpages/DN_21_2_1985_1988/DN_21_2_1985_1988_P*.pdf&from=1&to=464&index=&cont=/Fullt/extpages/DN_21_2_1985_1988/DN_21_2_1985_1988_content.pdf&type=%F1%F2%F0%E0%ED%E8%F6%E8 National Statistical Institute - Municipalities population 1985]{{dead link|date=March 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="pop1992">{{in lang|bg}}[http://statlib.nsi.bg:8181/isisbgstat/ssp/lister.asp?content=/Fullt/extpages/DN_21_2_1992_1994/DN_21_2_1992_1994_P*.pdf&from=1&to=282&index=&cont=/Fullt/extpages/DN_21_2_1992_1994/DN_21_2_1992_1994_content.pdf&type=%F1%F2%F0%E0%ED%E8%F6%E8 National Statistical Institute - Municipalities population 1992]{{dead link|date=March 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | ref 2 = <ref name="divisions census 2001">{{in lang|en}}[http://www.nsi.bg/Census_e/Census_e.htm National Statistical Institute - Census 2001]</ref> | ref 3 = <ref name="pop-stat-divisions">[http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-division.htm „pop-stat.mashke.org“]</ref> }}
==See also== *Provinces of Bulgaria *Municipalities of Bulgaria *List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.vidin.government.bg/094/60-16-16/Gramada.html Info website] {{in lang|bg}}
{{Geographic Location |Centre = Gramada Municipality |North = Kula Municipality, Vidin Province |Northeast = Vidin Municipality, Vidin Province |East = Vidin Municipality, Vidin Province |Southeast = Dimovo Municipality, Vidin Province |South = Makresh Municipality, Vidin Province |Southwest = Makresh Municipality, Vidin Province |West = Kula Municipality, Vidin Province |Northwest = Kula Municipality, Vidin Province }}
{{Vidin Province}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Municipalities in Vidin Province