Teteven Municipality Explained

Teteven Municipality
Native Name:Община Тетевен
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name1:Lovech
Subdivision Name2:Teteven
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:42.8667°N 41°W
Area Total Km2:697
Population As Of:December 2009
Population Total:22,016
Population Density Km2:auto

Teteven Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Тетевен) is a municipality (obshtina) in Lovech Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located from the northern slopes of the central Stara planina mountain to the area of the Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Teteven.

The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 22,016 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]

The main road E772 crosses the area through the northernmost parts of the municipality.

Settlements

Teteven Municipality includes the following 13 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/VillageCyrillicPopulation[2] [3] [4]
(December 2009)
TetevenТетевен10,613
BabintsiБабинци272
Balgarski IzvorБългарски извор1,304
Cherni VitЧерни Вит722
DivchovotoДивчовото187
GalataГалата2,532
GlogovoГлогово1,472
GlozheneГложене1,059
Golyam IzvorГолям извор529
GradezhnitsaГрадежница1,789
Malka ZhelyaznaМалка Желязна144
RibaritsaРибарица1,137
VasilyovoВасильово256
Total22,016

Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.

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

External links

Notes and 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