Sevlievo Municipality Explained

Sevlievo Municipality
Native Name:Община Севлиево
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name1:Gabrovo
Subdivision Name2:Sevlievo
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:42.9833°N 25°W
Area Total Km2:1040
Population As Of:December 2009
Population Total:39,537
Population Density Km2:auto

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 with a population of 39,537 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]

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

Settlements

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

Town/VillageCyrillicPopulation[2] [3] [4]
(December 2009)
SevlievoСевлиево24,065
AgatovoАгатово442
BatoshevoБатошево706
BerievoБериево369
BoazatБоазът57
BogatovoБогатово422
BuryaБуря265
BalgariБългари8
DamyanovoДамяново556
DebeltsovoДебелцово2
DismanitsaДисманица7
DobromirkaДобромирка677
DushevoДушево1,024
Dushevski kolibiДушевски колиби23
DyalakДялък7
Enev ratЕнев рът19
Gorna RositsaГорна Росица642
GradishteГрадище209
GradnitsaГрадница1,246
HirevoХирево192
IdilevoИдилево176
KaramichevtsiКарамичевци45
KastelКастел54
KoriyataКорията12
KormyanskoКормянско705
KramolinКрамолин493
KrushevoКрушево596
KravenikКръвеник181
KupenКупен31
LovnidolЛовнидол345
MalinovoМалиново0
Malki VarshetsМалки Вършец241
MarinovtsiМариновци38
MladenМладен205
MlechevoМлечево100
Petko SlaveykovПетко Славейков1,240
PopskaПопска38
RyahovtsiteРяховците1,421
SelishteСелище142
SennikСенник791
ShopiteШопите34
ShumataШумата674
StokiteСтоките265
StolatСтолът332
TabashkaТабашка60
TumbalovoТумбалово82
TarhovoТърхово123
UgoreletsУгорелец49
ValevtsiВалевци22
VoynishkaВойнишка62
Total39,537

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.

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

References

  1. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
  2. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
  3. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
  4. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009

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