Tryavna Municipality

Tryavna Municipality
Община Трявна
Municipality
Tryavna Municipality within Bulgaria and Gabrovo Province.
Tryavna Municipality within Bulgaria and Gabrovo Province.
Coordinates: 42°53′N 25°28′E / 42.883°N 25.467°E / 42.883; 25.467
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Gabrovo
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Tryavna
Area
 • Total255 km2 (98 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2009)[1]
 • Total12,461
 • Density49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Tryavna Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Трявна) is a municipality (obshtina) in Gabrovo Province, North-central Bulgaria, located on the northern slopes of the central Stara planina mountain to the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Tryavna.

The municipality embraces a territory of 255 km2 (98 sq mi) with a population of 12,461 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]

The area is best known with the Bulgarian National Revival architectural complex in the main town.

Settlements

(towns are shown in bold): Population (December 2009)[2][3][4]

Demography

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

Tryavna Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 18,876 17,928 16,450 14,391 13,245 12,876 12,461 ...
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7]

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 Tyavna Municipality [8]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 89.4%
Catholicism
 
 0.6%
Protestantism
 
 0.7%
Islam
 
 0.2%
No religion
 
 3.7%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 5.4%

See also

References

  1. ^ a b (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.