Lovech Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Ловеч) is a municipality (obshtina) in Lovech Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located on the border between the area of the Fore-Balkan and the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the city of Lovech which is also the capital of the province.
Lovech Municipality
Община Ловеч | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Lovech Municipality within Bulgaria and Lovech Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°8′N 24°44′E / 43.133°N 24.733°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Lovech |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Lovech |
| Area | |
• Total | 930.8 km2 (359.4 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 53,578 |
| • Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The municipality is 930.8 km2 (359.4 sq mi) with a population of 53,578 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
The area is known with the covered bridge by Kolyu Ficheto, in the main town, and the spectacular Devetaki cave near to the homonymous village.
Settlements
editLovech Municipality includes the following 35 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Lovech | Ловеч | 38,579 |
| Ablanitsa | Абланица | 228 |
| Aleksandrovo | Александрово | 2,074 |
| Bahovitsa | Баховица | 1,058 |
| Brestovo | Брестово | 212 |
| Balgarene | Българене | 242 |
| Chavdartsi | Чавдарци | 388 |
| Devetaki | Деветаки | 243 |
| Doyrentsi | Дойренци | 1,250 |
| Drenov | Дренов | 429 |
| Dabrava | Дъбрава | 38 |
| Goran | Горан | 373 |
| Gorno Pavlikene | Горно Павликене | 242 |
| Gostinya | Гостиня | 186 |
| Hlevene | Хлевене | 304 |
| Izvorche | Изворче | 54 |
| Kazachevo | Казачево | 324 |
| Kakrina | Къкрина | 313 |
| Leshnitsa | Лешница | 175 |
| Lisets | Лисец | 781 |
| Malinovo | Малиново | 778 |
| Prelom | Прелом | 102 |
| Presyaka | Пресяка | 356 |
| Radyuvene | Радювене | 797 |
| Skobelevo | Скобелево | 321 |
| Slavyani | Славяни | 794 |
| Slatina | Слатина | 879 |
| Slivek | Сливек | 121 |
| Smochan | Смочан | 305 |
| Sokolovo | Соколово | 144 |
| Slatina | Стефаново | 94 |
| Tepava | Тепава | 122 |
| Umarevtsi | Умаревци | 371 |
| Vladinya | Владиня | 490 |
| Yoglav | Йоглав | 411 |
| Total | 53,578 |
Demography
editThe following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Lovech Municipality has comprised the former municipality of Aleksandrovo and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.
| Lovech Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 64,767 | 64,544 | 69,423 | 62,162 | 57,160 | 55,545 | 53,578 | ... |
| Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7] | ||||||||
Religion
editAccording to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
- ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
External links
edit- Official website (in Bulgarian)