Sevlievo Municipality ( bg, Община Севлиево) is a
municipality (''
obshtina'') in
Gabrovo Province, North-central
Bulgaria, located in the area of the so-called
Fore-Balkan between
Stara planina
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mountain and the
Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of
Sevlievo.
The municipality embraces a territory of 1040 km² with a population of 39,537 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 Batoshevski Monastery, situated close to Batoshevo
Batoshevo ( bg, Батошево) is a village in Sevlievo Municipality Gabrovo Province, in northern central Bulgaria
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village.
Settlements
Sevlievo Municipality includes the following 50 places (towns are shown in bold):
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Sevlievo Municipality has comprised the former municipalities of Gradnitsa and Stokite and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.
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
References
External links
Official website
{{Gabrovo Province
Municipalities in Gabrovo Province