| Dryanovo Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Община Дряново |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gabrovo |
| Subdivision Name2: | Dryanovo |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 42.9833°N 52°W |
| Area Total Km2: | 248.5 |
| Population As Of: | December 2011 |
| Population Total: | 9,587 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
Dryanovo (or Drjanovo) Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Дряново) 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 Dryanovo.
The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 9,587 inhabitants, as of December 2011.[1]
The area is best known with the Dryanovo Monastery, situated close to the main town, and Bacho Kiro Cave.
Dryanovo Municipality includes the following 46 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2] [3] [4] (December 2009) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dryanovo | Дряново | 8,043 | |
| Balvantsite | Балванците | 1 | |
| Buchukovtsi | Бучуковци | 8 | |
| Chukovo | Чуково | 26 | |
| Denchevtsi | Денчевци | 21 | |
| Dlagnya | Длъгня | 24 | |
| Dobrenite | Добрените | 4 | |
| Dolni Varpishta | Долни Върпища | 3 | |
| Dolni Dragoycha | Долни Драгойча | 3 | |
| Docha | Доча | 10 | |
| Ganchovets | Ганчовец | 159 | |
| Gesha | Геша | 7 | |
| Glushka | Глушка | 26 | |
| Gozdeyka | Гоздейка | 22 | |
| Golemi Balgareni | Големи Българени | 10 | |
| Gorni Varpishta | Горни Върпища | 4 | |
| Gostilitsa | Гостилица | 347 | |
| Garnya | Гърня | 3 | |
| Ignatovtsi | Игнатовци | 2 | |
| Iskra | Искра | 4 | |
| Kalomen | Каломен | 9 | |
| Karaivantsa | Караиванца | 43 | |
| Katrandzhii | Катранджии | 42 | |
| Kereka | Керека | 142 | |
| Kosarka | Косарка | 44 | |
| Kumanite | Куманите | 4 | |
| Malki Balgareni | Малки Българени | 0 | |
| Manoya | Маноя | 48 | |
| Peyna | Пейна | 9 | |
| Petkovtsi | Петковци | 3 | |
| Plachka | Плачка | 2 | |
| Radovtsi | Радовци | 137 | |
| Ritya | Ритя | 0 | |
| Runya | Руня | 32 | |
| Rusinovtsi | Русиновци | 10 | |
| Salasuka | Саласука | 4 | |
| Skalsko | Скалско | 96 | |
| Slaveykovo | Славейково | 65 | |
| Sokolovo | Соколово | 52 | |
| Syarovtsi | Сяровци | 6 | |
| Shushnya | Шушня | 2 | |
| Turkincha | Туркинча | 26 | |
| Tsareva Livada | Царева ливада | 789 | |
| Yantra | Янтра | 139 | |
| Zaya | Зая | 43 | |
| Total | 10,502 |
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following: