It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Chiprovtsi.
The first evidence of Vinga's existence as a small village dates back to 1231 A.D. After Vinga was destroyed by Turks during the expansion of the Ottoman Empire, Vinga was repopulated in the year 1741 with 125 families of ethnic Bulgarians from Chiprovtsi, joined later by Romanians from the surrounding area.
Ravna, Montana Province - a village in Chiprovtsi municipality, Montana Province