Lom

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Lom

Total population

24,181

Coordinates43.82°, 23.24°

Demographic figures from NSI Bulgaria. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Lom Municipality is a frontier municipality (obshtina) in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre — the town of Lom which is one of the important Bulgarian river ports. The area borders Romania across the Danube.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Vladimir Shkodrov

Bulgarian astronomer (1930-2010)

B

Bojidar Dimov

Marian Ognyanov

Bulgarian footballer

A

Alexander Belev

Bulgarian politician

Avraam Benaroya

Jewish socialist (1887–1979)

Emil Andreev

writer

A

Atanas Kolarov

Bulgarian chess player

B

Boris Afanasyev

M

Mikhail Kantardzhiev

Bulgarian chess player (1910–2002)

S

Simeon Pironkov

Bulgarian composer

N

Natasha Petrova

Bulgarian canoeist

L

Lyudmil Goranov

Bulgarian association football player

L

Liliya Karastoyanova

A

Aleksandŭr Mot︠s︡ev

A

Alexandar Chirkov

Bulgarian cardiac surgeon

A

Aleksandar Yanakiev

Bulgarian association football player (1971-)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Montana

• Zamfir
  2.6 mi away
• Dolno Linevo
  4.4 mi away
• Staliyska mahala
  6.9 mi away
• Komoshtitsa
  7.9 mi away
• Asparuhovo
  8.2 mi away
• Vasilovtsi
  8.8 mi away
• Dondukovo
  10.2 mi away
• Dolni Tsibar
  13.7 mi away
• Yakimovo
  14 mi away
• Gorni Tsibar
  14.4 mi away
• Cherni Vrah
  14.6 mi away
• Dabova Mahala
  14.6 mi away

Browse all places in Montana →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Lom

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

grass snake

Natrix natrix

Seen 2026-09-03

Common Mallow

Malva sylvestris

Seen 2026-05-31

Beosus quadripunctatus

Beosus quadripunctatus

Seen 2026-04-18

Pfaendler's Molehopper

Xya pfaendleri

Seen 2026-04-18

Lepyrus palustris

Lepyrus palustris

Seen 2026-04-18

Bembidion semipunctatum

Bembidion semipunctatum

Seen 2026-04-18

Bembidion striatum

Bembidion striatum

Seen 2026-04-18

Common Spadefoot

Pelobates fuscus

Seen 2026-04-13

Triangulate Combfoot

Steatoda triangulosa

Seen 2026-03-14

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).