Svoge Municipality is located in western

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and is a part of

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. It covers a territory of 868,6 km² and has a

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of around 21,000 people, more than 1/3 of which lives in the

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of Svoge itself. The municipality also includes 37

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s. The municipality is one of the largest by

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in the country. It neighbours

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& Sofia (City of) province.

Demography

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: Nearly all inhabitants are

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Populated places

* Bakyovo * Batulia * Bov * Breze * Brezovdol * Bukovets * Dobarchin * Dobravitsa * Druzhevo * Elenov dol * Gabrovnitsa * Gara Bov *

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* Goubislav *

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Lakatnik Lakatnik ( bg, Лакатник ) is a small village located in Svoge Municipality, near the Lakatnik rocks. The village has a train station called Gara Lakatnik on the train line Sofia - Mezdra located 8 km north of the village. During t ...

* Leskovdol * Lukovo * Levishte * Manastirishte * Milanovo * Ogoya * Opletnya * Osenovlag * Rebrovo * Redina * Svindya * Svoge *

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* Tseretsel * Tserovo * Vlado Trichkov * Yablanitsa * Zanoge * Zasele * Zavidovtsi * Zhelen * Zimevitsa

References

External links

Official web page of Svogue Municipality
Municipalities in Sofia Province {{bulgaria-geo-stub