Dryanovo Municipality

Dryanovo Municipality
Община Дряново
Municipality
Dryanovo Municipality within Bulgaria and Gabrovo Province.
Dryanovo Municipality within Bulgaria and Gabrovo Province.
Coordinates: 42°59′N 25°27′E / 42.983°N 25.450°E / 42.983; 25.450
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Gabrovo
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Dryanovo
Area
 • Total
248.5 km2 (95.9 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2011)[1]
 • Total
9,587
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Dryanovo (or Drjanovo) Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Дряново) is a municipality (obshtina) in Gabrovo Province, North-central Bulgaria, located in the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan between Stara planina mountain and the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Dryanovo.

The municipality embraces a territory of 248.5 km2 (95.9 sq mi) with a population of 9,587 inhabitants, as of December 2011.[1]

The area is best known with the Dryanovo Monastery, situated close to the main town, and Bacho Kiro Cave.

Settlements

Dryanovo Municipality includes the following 46 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[2][3][4]
(December 2009)
Dryanovo Дряново 8,043
Balvantsite Балванците 1
Buchukovtsi Бучуковци 8
Chukovo Чуково 26
Denchevtsi Денчевци 21
Dlagnya Длъгня 24
Dobrenite Добрените 4
Dolni Varpishta Долни Върпища 3
Dolni Dragoycha Долни Драгойча 3
Docha Доча 10
Ganchovets Ганчовец 159
Gesha Геша 7
Glushka Глушка 26
Gozdeyka Гоздейка 22
Golemi Balgareni Големи Българени 10
Gorni Varpishta Горни Върпища 4
Gostilitsa Гостилица 347
Garnya Гърня 3
Ignatovtsi Игнатовци 2
Iskra Искра 4
Kalomen Каломен 9
Karaivantsa Караиванца 43
Katrandzhii Катранджии 42
Kereka Керека 142
Kosarka Косарка 44
Kumanite Куманите 4
Malki Balgareni Малки Българени 0
Manoya Маноя 48
Peyna Пейна 9
Petkovtsi Петковци 3
Plachka Плачка 2
Radovtsi Радовци 137
Ritya Ритя 0
Runya Руня 32
Rusinovtsi Русиновци 10
Salasuka Саласука 4
Skalsko Скалско 96
Slaveykovo Славейково 65
Sokolovo Соколово 52
Syarovtsi Сяровци 6
Shushnya Шушня 2
Turkincha Туркинча 26
Tsareva Livada Царева ливада 789
Yantra Янтра 139
Zaya Зая 43
Total 10,502

Demography

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

Dryanovo Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 16,966 15,525 13,557 11,705 11,009 10,724 10,502 9,587
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7]

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:

Religious composition of Dryanovo Municipality [8]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 80.2%
Catholicism
 
 0.4%
Protestantism
 
 0.8%
Islam
 
 2.8%
No religion
 
 7.6%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 8.2%

See also

References

  1. ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - POPULATION BY DISTRICTS, MUNICIPALITIES, PLACE OF RESIDENCE AND SEX AS OF 31.12.2011 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
  4. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
  5. ^ "Vila Kula | Stara Planina". Archived from the original on 2020-12-05. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  6. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  7. ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  8. ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.