Troyan Municipality

Troyan Municipality Община Троян
Municipality
Troyan Municipality within Bulgaria and Lovech Province.
Coordinates: 42°52′N 24°40′E
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Lovech
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)	Troyan
Area
• Total	888.85 km^2 (343.19 sq mi)
Population  (December 2009)[1]
• Total	33,827
• Density	38/km^2 (99/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Troyan Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Троян) is a municipality (obshtina) in Lovech Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located from the northern slopes of the central Stara planina mountain to the area of the Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Troyan.

The municipality embraces a territory of 888.85 km^2 (343.19 sq mi) with a population of 33,827 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]

The area is best known with the Troyan Monastery - the third biggest in Bulgaria, and the north approach to Beklemeto Pass, also known as Troyan Pass, which is one of the connections between the north and south parts of the country.

Settlements

Troyan Municipality within Lovech Province

Lovech

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Apriltsi

•

Troyan

•

Teteven

•

Lukovit

•

Ugarchin

•

Letnitsa

•

Yablanitsa

Troyan Municipality includes the following 22 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village	Cyrillic	Population[2][3][4] (December 2009)
Troyan	Троян	21,997
Balabansko	Балабанско	174
Balkanets	Балканец	242
Beli Osam	Бели Осъм	710
Belish	Белиш	203
Borima	Борима	897
Cherni Osam	Черни Осъм	873
Chiflik	Чифлик	324
Debnevo	Дебнево	764
Dobrodan	Добродан	348
Dalbok Dol	Дълбок дол	365
Golyama Zhelyazna	Голяма Желязна	654
Gorno Trape	Горно Трапе	207
Gumoshtnik	Гумощник	145
Kaleytsa	Калейца	653
Lomets	Ломец	291
Oreshak	Орешак	2,246
Patreshko	Патрешко	83
Staro Selo	Старо село	233
Shipkovo	Шипково	820
Terziysko	Терзийско	386
Vrabevo	Врабево	876
Total		33,827

Demography

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

Troyan Municipality
Year	1975	1985	1992	2001	2005	2007	2009	2011
Population	47,231	45,089	41,284	37,348	35,214	34,718	33,827	...
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 Troyan Municipality [8] Orthodox Christianity   88.6% Catholicism   0.7% Protestantism   0.9% Islam   2.2% No religion   2.2% Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable   5.4%

See also

• Provinces of Bulgaria
• Municipalities of Bulgaria
• List of cities and towns in Bulgaria

References

1. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
2. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
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. National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
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.

External links

• Official website (in Bulgarian)