Makresh Municipality

{{Infobox settlement  | name = Makresh Municipality | native_name = Община Макреш | settlement_type = Municipality | image_shield = | image_map = Makresh Municipality Within Bulgaria.png | map_caption = Makresh 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 = Makresh | timezone = EET | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = EEST | utc_offset_DST = +3 | coordinates = {{coord|43|45|N|22|29|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}} | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 229 |population_footnotes = <ref name="divisions"/> |population_as_of = December 2023 |population_total = 1,204 | population_density_km2 = auto | website = }}

'''Makresh Municipality''' ({{langx|bg|Община Макреш}}) is a municipality (''obshtina'') in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 12 km southwest of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Makresh. The area borders on the Republic of Serbia to the west.

The municipality embraces a territory of {{cvt|229|km2}} with a population of 1,938 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 |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 Makresh municipality (Vidin Province).png|width=264|thumb=1|float=right|caption=Makresh Municipality within Vidin Province}} {{Image label small|x=1.48|y=1.02|scale=100|text=13px|right'''Vidin'''}} {{Image label small|x=1.12|y=2.90|scale=100|text='''•'''}} {{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='''•'''}} {{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='''•'''}} {{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='''•'''}} {{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='''•'''}} {{Image label small|x=1.00|y=1.70|scale=100|text=Gramada}} {{Image label small|x=1.35|y=2.03|scale=100|text='''•'''}} {{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='''•'''}} {{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='''•'''}} {{Image label small|x=0.65|y=1.92|scale=100|text='''Makresh'''}} {{Image label small|x=1.60|y=0.37|scale=100|text='''•'''}} {{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='''•'''}} {{Image label small|x=1.60|y=2.60|scale=100|text=Ruzhintsi}} {{Image label end}}

Makresh Municipality includes the following 7 places all of them villages: {| 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 |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> (December 2009) |- | Makresh | Макреш | align="center" | 473 |- | Kireevo | Киреево | align="center" | 268 |- | Podgore | Подгоре | align="center" | 278 |- | Rakovitsa | Раковица | align="center" | 611 |- | Tolovitsa | Толовица | align="center" | 70 |- | Tsar Shishmanovo | Цар Шишманово | align="center" | 157 |- | Valchek | Вълчек | align="center" | 81 |- ! Total ! ! align="center" | 1,938 |}

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

{{Table BG Municipality population | municipality = Makresh | 1975 = 5,876 | 1985 = 4,333 | 1992 = 3,623 | 2001 = 2,550 | 2005 = 2,270 | 2007 = 2,129 | 2009 = 1,938 | 2011 = 1,630 | 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=May 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=May 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> }}

=== 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: {{bar box |width=300px |title=Religious composition of Makresh Municipality <ref>{{cite web|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-religion2011.htm|title=Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011|website=pop-stat.mashke.org}}</ref> |titlebar=#ddd |bars= {{bar percent|Orthodox Christianity|blue|75.9}} {{bar percent|Catholicism|purple|0.6}} {{bar percent|Protestantism|yellow|0.5}} {{bar percent|Islam|green|0.0}} {{bar percent|No religion|red|14.8}} {{bar percent|Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable|gray|8.2}} }} An overwhelming majority of the population of Makresh Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 75.9% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.

==References== <references/>

==External links== * [http://www.vidin.government.bg/094/60-16-16/Makresh.html Info website] {{in lang|bg}}

{{Geographic Location |Centre = Makresh Municipality |North = Gramada Municipality, Vidin Province |Northeast = Gramada Municipality, Vidin Province |East = Dimovo Municipality, Vidin Province |Southeast = Dimovo Municipality, Vidin Province |South = Belogradchik Municipality, Vidin Province |Southwest = {{flag|Serbia}} |West = {{flag|Serbia}} |Northwest = Kula Municipality, Vidin Province }}

Category:Municipalities in Vidin Province