Troyan Municipality ( bg, Община Троян) is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
(''
obshtina'') in
Lovech Province
Lovech Province ( bg, Област Ловеч, translit=Oblast Lovech, former name Lovech okrug) is one of the 28 provinces of Bulgaria, lying at the northern centre of the country. It is named after its main city - Lovech. As of December 200 ...
, Central-North
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
, located from the northern slopes of the central
Stara planina mountain to the area of the
Fore-Balkan
The Balkan mountain range (, , known locally also as Stara planina) is a mountain range in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. The range is conventionally taken to begin at the peak of Vrashka Chuka on the border bet ...
. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of
Troyan
Troyan ( bg, Троян ) is a town remembering the name of Roman Emperor Trajan, in Lovech Province in central Bulgaria with population of 21,997 inhabitants, as of December 2009. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Troyan Muni ...
.
The municipality embraces a territory of 888.85 km² with a population of 33,827 inhabitants, as of December 2009.
[Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009]
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The area is best known with the Troyan Monastery
The Monastery of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God ( bg, Троянски манастир „Успение Богородично“) or, as it is more commonly called, the Troyan Monastery is the third largest monastery in Bulgaria. ...
- the third biggest in Bulgaria, and the north approach to Beklemeto Pass
Beklemeto Pass ( bg, Беклемето ), also known as Troyan Pass ( ), is a mountain pass in the Balkan Mountains (Stara Planina) in Bulgaria. It connects Troyan and Karnare on the Karlovo Plain.
The pass is in north-central Bulgaria 20 ...
, also known as Troyan Pass, which is one of the connections between the north and south parts of the country.
Settlements
Troyan Municipality includes the following 22 places (towns are shown in bold):
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
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:
See also
* Provinces of Bulgaria
* Municipalities of Bulgaria
*List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
This is a complete list of all cities and towns in Bulgaria sorted by population. Province capitals are shown in bold. Primary sources are the National Statistical Institute (NSI) and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
The largest city is Sofia ...
References
External links
Official website
{{Authority control
Municipalities in Lovech Province