Troyan Municipality () is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
(''
obshtina'') in
Lovech Province
Lovech Province (, former name Okrug, 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 2009, the population of the area was151,153. , Central-North
Bulgaria
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, located from the northern slopes of the central
Stara planina
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mountain to the area of the
Fore-Balkan
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. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of
Troyan
Troyan ( ) is a town remembering the name of Roman Emperor Trajan, in Lovech Province in central Bulgaria . It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Troyan Municipality. The town is about away from the country capital Sofia. The river ...
.
The municipality embraces a territory of 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 () or, as it is more commonly called, the Troyan Monastery is the third largest monastery in Bulgaria. It is located in the northern part of the country in the Balkan Mountains and was ...
- the third biggest in Bulgaria, and the north approach to Beklemeto Pass
Beklemeto Pass ( ), also known as Troyan Pass ( ), is a mountain pass in the Balkan Mountains (Stara Planina) in Bulgaria
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, 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
A province is an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outside Italy. The term ''prov ...
*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 Sof ...
References
External links
Official website
{{Authority control
Municipalities in Lovech Province