Ugarchin Municipality ( bg, Община Угърчин) is a
municipality
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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
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, located from the area of the so-called
Fore-Balkan
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to the
Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of
Ugarchin
Ugarchin ( bg, Угърчин ) is a town located along the Kamenitsa river in the Lovech Province in central northern Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Ugarchin Municipality. The town is about 30 kilometers away in the ...
.
The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 7,181 inhabitants, as of December 2009.
[Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009]
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Settlements
# Dragana ( Драгана)
# Golets ( Голец)
# Kalenik ( Каленик)
# Katunets ( Катунец)
# Kirchevo ( Кирчево)
# Lesidren ( Лесидрен)
# Mikre ( Микре)
# Orlyane
Orlyane is a village in Ugarchin Municipality, Lovech Province, northern Bulgaria.Guide Bulgaria
Accessed Dec 30, 2 ...
( Орляне)
# Slavshtitsa ( Славщица)
# Sopot
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( Сопот)
# Ugarchin
Ugarchin ( bg, Угърчин ) is a town located along the Kamenitsa river in the Lovech Province in central northern Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Ugarchin Municipality. The town is about 30 kilometers away in the ...
( Угърчин)
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
The provinces of Bulgaria ( bg, области на България, oblasti na Bǎlgarija) are the first-level administrative subdivisions of the country.
Since 1999, Bulgaria has been divided into 28 provinces ( bg, области, links=no ...
*Municipalities of Bulgaria
The 28 Provinces of Bulgaria, provinces of Bulgaria are divided into 265 municipalities (община, ''obshtina''). Municipalities typically comprise multiple towns, villages and settlements and are governed by a mayor who is elected by popul ...
*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
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Municipalities in Lovech Province