Lukovit Municipality () is a municipality (obshtina) in Lovech Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located from the Fore-Balkan area to the southern parts of Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Lukovit.
The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 19,469 inhabitants, as of December 2009. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
The west operating part of Hemus motorway is planned to continue through the area linking the province centre Lovech.
Settlements
Lukovit Municipality includes the following 12 places (towns are shown in bold): Town/Village Cyrillic Population Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009(December 2009) Lukovit Луковит 9,630 Aglen Ъглен 836 Bezhanovo Бежаново 1,497 Belentsi Беленци 448 Dermantsi Дерманци 2,348 Daben Дъбен 149 Karlukovo Карлуково 782 Petrevene Петревене 690 Peshterna Пещерна 148 Rumyantsevo Румянцево 823 Todorichene Тодоричене 499 Toros Торос 1,619 Total 19,469
Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Lukovit Municipality has comprised the former municipality of Dermantsi 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 Municipalities of Bulgaria List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
References
External links Official website