Troyan Municipality


Troyan Municipality is a municipality 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 Troyan.
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 - the third biggest in Bulgaria, and the north approach to Beklemeto Pass, 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 :
Town/VillageCyrillicPopulation
TroyanТроян21,997
BalabanskoБалабанско174
BalkanetsБалканец242
Beli OsamБели Осъм710
BelishБелиш203
BorimaБорима897
Cherni OsamЧерни Осъм873
ChiflikЧифлик324
DebnevoДебнево764
DobrodanДобродан348
Dalbok DolДълбок дол365
Golyama ZhelyaznaГоляма Желязна654
Gorno TrapeГорно Трапе207
GumoshtnikГумощник145
KaleytsaКалейца653
LometsЛомец291
OreshakОрешак2,246
PatreshkoПатрешко83
Staro SeloСтаро село233
ShipkovoШипково820
TerziyskoТерзийско386
VrabevoВрабево876
Total33,827

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: