Troyan Municipality is a municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 (obshtina) in Lovech Province

Lovech Province

Lovech Province is one of the 28 provinces of Bulgaria, lying at the northern centre of the country. It is named after its main city - Lovech. As of December 2009, the population of the area is 151,153.-Municipalities:...

, Central-North Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

, 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 Troyan

Troyan

Troyan is a town in Lovech Province in central Bulgaria with population of 21,997 inhabitants, as of December 2009,. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Troyan Municipality. The town is about 160 km away from the country capital Sofia. The nearest civilian airport is Gorna...

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The municipality embraces a territory of 888.85 km² with a population of 33,827 inhabitants, as of December 2009.

The area is best known with the Troyan Monastery

Troyan Monastery

The Monastery of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God or, as it is more commonly called, the Troyan Monastery is the third largest monastery in Bulgaria...

 - the third biggest in Bulgaria, and the north approach to Beklemeto Pass

Beklemeto Pass

Beklemeto Pass, also known as Troyan Pass , is a mountain pass in the Balkan Mountains in Bulgaria. It connects Troyan and Karnare on the Karlovo Plain....

, also known as Troyan Pass, which is one of the connections between the north and south parts of the country.

Settlements

Troyan Municipality includes the following 22 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village	Cyrillic	Population (December 2009)
Troyan Troyan Troyan is a town in Lovech Province in central Bulgaria with population of 21,997 inhabitants, as of December 2009,. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Troyan Municipality. The town is about 160 km away from the country capital Sofia. The nearest civilian airport is Gorna...	Троян	21,997
Balabansko	Балабанско	174
Balkanets	Балканец	242
Beli Osam	Бели Осъм	710
Belish	Белиш	203
Borima	Борима	897
Cherni Osam	Черни Осъм	873
Chiflik	Чифлик	324
Debnevo	Дебнево	764
Dobrodan	Добродан	348
Dalbok Dol	Дълбок дол	365
Golyama Zhelyazna	Голяма Желязна	654
Gorno Trape	Горно Трапе	207
Gumoshtnik	Гумощник	145
Kaleytsa	Калейца	653
Lomets	Ломец	291
Oreshak	Орешак	2,246
Patreshko	Патрешко	83
Staro Selo	Старо село	233
Shipkovo	Шипково	820
Terziysko	Терзийско	386
Vrabevo	Врабево	876
Total		33,827

Demography

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

See also

• Provinces of Bulgaria
  Provinces of Bulgaria
  Since 1999, Bulgaria has been divided into 28 provinces which correspond approximately to the 28 districts that existed before 1987. In 1987, during the Communist regime of Todor Zhivkov, the districts were consolidated into nine larger provinces , which survived until 1999.Each province is named...
  
  
• Municipalities of Bulgaria
  Municipalities of Bulgaria
  The 28 provinces of Bulgaria are divided into 264 municipalities .-Blagoevgrad Province:# Bansko Municipality # Belitsa Municipality # Blagoevgrad Municipality...
  
  
• List of cities and towns in Bulgaria