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Municipality in Gabrovo, Bulgaria
Sevlievo Municipality Община Севлиево
Municipality
Sevlievo Municipality within Bulgaria and Gabrovo Province.Sevlievo Municipality within Bulgaria and Gabrovo Province.
Coordinates: 42°59′N 25°0′E / 42.983°N 25.000°E / 42.983; 25.000
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Gabrovo
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Sevlievo
Area
 • Total1,040 km (400 sq mi)
Population
 • Total39,537
 • Density38/km (98/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Sevlievo Municipality (Bulgarian: 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 mountain and the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Sevlievo.

The municipality embraces a territory of 1,040 km (400 sq mi) with a population of 39,537 inhabitants, as of December 2009.

The area is best known with the Batoshevski Monastery, situated close to Batoshevo village.

Settlements

Sevlievo Municipality within Gabrovo Province
Gabrovo • Sevlievo • Tryavna • Dryanovo

Sevlievo Municipality includes the following 50 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village Cyrillic Population
(December 2009)
Sevlievo Севлиево 24,065
Agatovo Агатово 442
Batoshevo Батошево 706
Berievo Бериево 369
Boazat Боазът 57
Bogatovo Богатово 422
Burya Буря 265
Balgari Българи 8
Damyanovo Дамяново 556
Debeltsovo Дебелцово 2
Dismanitsa Дисманица 7
Dobromirka Добромирка 677
Dushevo Душево 1,024
Dushevski kolibi Душевски колиби 23
Dyalak Дялък 7
Enev rat Енев рът 19
Gorna Rositsa Горна Росица 642
Gradishte Градище 209
Gradnitsa Градница 1,246
Hirevo Хирево 192
Idilevo Идилево 176
Karamichevtsi Карамичевци 45
Kastel Кастел 54
Koriyata Корията 12
Kormyansko Кормянско 705
Kramolin Крамолин 493
Krushevo Крушево 596
Kravenik Кръвеник 181
Kupen Купен 31
Lovnidol Ловнидол 345
Malinovo Малиново 0
Malki Varshets Малки Вършец 241
Marinovtsi Мариновци 38
Mladen Младен 205
Mlechevo Млечево 100
Petko Slaveykov Петко Славейков 1,240
Popska Попска 38
Ryahovtsite Ряховците 1,421
Selishte Селище 142
Sennik Сенник 791
Shopite Шопите 34
Shumata Шумата 674
Stokite Стоките 265
Stolat Столът 332
Tabashka Табашка 60
Tumbalovo Тумбалово 82
Tarhovo Търхово 123
Ugorelets Угорелец 49
Valevtsi Валевци 22
Voynishka Войнишка 62
Total 39,537

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.

Sevlievo Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 42,625 41,708 47,647 43,105 40,989 40,370 39,537 ...
Sources: Census 2001, Census 2011, „pop-stat.mashke.org“,

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:

Religious composition of Sevlievo Municipality
Orthodox Christianity   73.1%
Catholicism   0.5%
Protestantism   0.6%
Islam   12.5%
No religion   3.8%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable   9.5%

See also

References

  1. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
  2. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
  3. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
  4. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
  5. National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
  6. „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  7. "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  8. "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.

External links

Municipalities of Gabrovo Province
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