 It is the administrative centre of Boynitsa Municipality, which lies in the western part of Vidin Province.The village is located 35 kilometres west of the provincial capital Vidin and 250 kilometres northwest of the national capital Sofia, in the immediate proximity of the Serbian border.The Bulgarian word "boynitsa" means "arrow slit", although the Slavic root "boy" commonly exists in words related to fighting, and "-itsa" is a common Bulgarian placename suffix.