Tryavna Municipality
Община Трявна | |
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Municipality | |
![]() Tryavna Municipality within Bulgaria and Gabrovo Province. | |
Coordinates: 42°53′N 25°28′E / 42.883°N 25.467°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province (Oblast) | Gabrovo |
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Tryavna |
Area | |
• Total | 255 km2 (98 sq mi) |
Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 12,461 |
• Density | 49/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+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.
(towns are shown in bold): Population (December 2009)[2][3][4]
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Tryavna Municipality | ||||||||
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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] |
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following: