Coordinates: 43°0′N 24°30′E / 43°N 24.5°E / 43; 24.5

Lovech Province Oblast Lovech Oбласт Ловеч Capital Lovech Area 4,128 km² Population 169,951 (2001)[1] 163,806 (2009 est.)[2] Population density 41.2/km² (2001) 39.7/km² (2009 est.) Municipalities 8 Time zone - Summer (DST) EET (UTC+2) EEST (UTC+3)

Municipalities in Lovech province Lovech's ruined fortress. The Glozhene Monastery near Teteven.

Lovech Province (Bulgarian: Област Ловеч, transliterated Oblast Lovech) is one of the 28 provinces of Bulgaria. Its main city is Lovech.

Contents 1 Municipalities 2 Demographics 2.1 Religion 2.2 Language 2.3 Ethnic groups 3 References 4 See also

[edit] Municipalities

The Lovech province (област, oblast) contains eight municipalities (singular: oбщина, obshtina - plural: общини, obshtini). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population as of 2009.

Municipality	Cyrillic	Pop.[2]	Town/Village	Pop.[2]
Apriltsi	Априлци	3,392	Apriltsi	3,116
Letnitsa	Летница	5,498	Letnitsa	4,382
Lovech	Ловеч	60,426	Lovech	48,151
Lukovit	Луковит	20,612	Lukovit	10,761
Teteven	Тетевен	23,856	Teteven	11,841
Troyan	Троян	36,535	Troyan	25,965
Ugarchin	Угърчин	7,025	Ugarchin	2,948
Yablanitsa	Ябланица	6,462	Yablanitsa	3,073

[edit] Demographics

The Lovech province had a population of 169,951 according to a 2001 census, of which 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female.^[1]

[edit] Religion

In the 2001 census, 158,660 people identified one of the following as their religion (with percentage of total population): 146,778 Eastern Orthodox (86.4%), 10,501 Muslim (6.2%), 879 Protestant (0.5%), 366 Catholic (0.2%), and 136 other (0.1%).^[3]

[edit] Language

In the 2001 census, 168,307 people identified one of the following as their mother tongue (with percentage of total population): 154,157 Bulgarian (90.7%), 6,994 Turkish (4.1%), 6,033 Roma (Gypsy) (3.5%), and 1,123 other (0.7%).^[4]

[edit] Ethnic groups

In the 2001 census, 167,877 people from Lovech province identified themselves as belonging to one of the following ethnic groups (with percentage of total population):^[5]

Ethnic group	Population	Percentage
Bulgarian	152,194	89.552%
Turkish	8,476	4.987%
Roma (Gypsy)	6,316	3.716%
Russian	269	0.158%
Armenian	12	0.007%
Wallachia	458	0.269%
Macedonian	7	0.004%
Greek	21	0.012%
Ukrainian	29	0.017%
Jewish	1	0.001%
Romanian	3	0.002%
Other	91	0.054%

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} (Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
2. ^ ^{a b c} (Bulgarian) Population Chart, 15.03.2009 from Bulgarian Directorate General: Civil Registration and Administrative Services
3. ^ (Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by Region and Religion from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
4. ^ (Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Mother Tongue from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
5. ^ (Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Ethnic Group from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001

[edit] See also

• Provinces of Bulgaria
• Municipalities of Bulgaria
• List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
• List of villages in Lovech Province

	Vratsa Province	Pleven Province	Veliko Tarnovo Province
	Sofia Province		Gabrovo Province
		Lovech Province
		Plovdiv Province	Stara Zagora Province

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