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

The Lovech province contains eight municipalities. The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town or village, and the population as of December 2009.
MunicipalityCyrillicPop.Town/VillagePop.
Apriltsi:bg:Община Априлци|Априлци3,554Apriltsi3,207
Letnitsa:bg:Община Летница|Летница5,101Letnitsa3,739
Lovech:bg:Община Ловеч|Ловеч53,578Lovech38,579
Lukovit:bg:Община Луковит|Луковит19,469Lukovit9,630
Teteven:bg:Община Тетевен|Тетевен22,016Teteven10,613
Troyan:bg:Община Троян|Троян33,827Troyan21,997
Ugarchin:bg:Община Угърчин|Угърчин7,181Ugarchin2,832
Yablanitsa:bg:Община Ябланица|Ябланица6,427Yablanitsa2,896

Population

The Lovech province had a population of 169,951 according to a 2001 census, of which were male and were female.
As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 151,153 of which are inhabitants aged over 60 years.
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:

Ethnic groups

Total population : 141 422
Ethnic groups :
Identified themselves: 130 180 persons:
A further 11,000 persons in the Province did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census
In the 2001 census, 167,877 people of the population of 169,951 of Lovech Province identified themselves as belonging to one of the following ethnic groups :
Ethnic groupPopulationPercentage
Bulgarians152,194
Turkish8,476
Romani6,316
Russians269
Armenians12
Vlachs458
Macedonians7
Greeks21
Ukrainians29
Jewish1
Romanians3
Other91

Language

In the 2001 census, 168,307 people of the population of 169,951 of Lovech Province identified one of the following as their mother tongue :
154,157 Bulgarian,
6,994 Turkish,
6,033 Romani,
and 1,123 other.

Religion

Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census: