Lovech Municipality () is a municipality (obshtina) in Lovech Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located on the border between the area of the Fore-Balkan and the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the city of Lovech which is also the capital of the province.
The municipality is with a population of 53,578 inhabitants, as of December 2009. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
The area is known with the covered bridge by Kolyu Ficheto, in the main town, and the spectacular Devetaki cave near to the homonymous village.
Settlements
Lovech Municipality includes the following 35 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) Lovech Ловеч 38,579 Ablanitsa Абланица 228 Aleksandrovo Александрово 2,074 Bahovitsa Баховица 1,058 Brestovo Брестово 212 Balgarene Българене 242 Chavdartsi Чавдарци 388 Devetaki Деветаки 243 Doyrentsi Дойренци 1,250 Drenov Дренов 429 Dabrava Дъбрава 38 Goran Горан 373 Gorno Pavlikene Горно Павликене 242 Gostinya Гостиня 186 Hlevene Хлевене 304 Izvorche Изворче 54 Kazachevo Казачево 324 Kakrina Къкрина 313 Leshnitsa Лешница 175 Lisets Лисец 781 Malinovo Малиново 778 Prelom Прелом 102 Presyaka Пресяка 356 Radyuvene Радювене 797 Skobelevo Скобелево 321 Slavyani Славяни 794 Slatina Слатина 879 Slivek Сливек 121 Smochan Смочан 305 Sokolovo Соколово 144 Slatina Стефаново 94 Tepava Тепава 122 Umarevtsi Умаревци 371 Vladinya Владиня 490 Yoglav Йоглав 411 Total 53,578
Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Lovech Municipality has comprised the former municipality of Aleksandrovo 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