Lovech_Province
Lovech Province
Province of Bulgaria
Lovech Province
Oбласт Ловеч | |
|---|---|
Location of Lovech Province in Bulgaria | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Capital | Lovech |
| Municipalities | 8 |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Georgi Terziyski |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,128 km2 (1,594 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2022) | |
| • Total | 113,356 |
| • Density | 27/km2 (71/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| License plate | OB |
| Website | oblastlovech.org |
Lovech Province (Bulgarian: Област Ловеч, romanized: Oblast Lovech, former name Lovech okrug) 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.[1][2][3]
The Lovech province (област, oblast) contains eight municipalities (singular: община, obshtina - plural: общини, obshtini). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town or village (in bold), and the population as of December 2009.
| Municipality | Cyrillic | Pop.[1][2][3] | Town/Village | Pop.[4][2][5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apriltsi | Априлци | 3,554 | Apriltsi | 3,207 |
| Letnitsa | Летница | 5,101 | Letnitsa | 3,739 |
| Lovech | Ловеч | 53,578 | Lovech | 38,579 |
| Lukovit | Луковит | 19,469 | Lukovit | 9,630 |
| Teteven | Тетевен | 22,016 | Teteven | 10,613 |
| Troyan | Троян | 33,827 | Troyan | 21,997 |
| Ugarchin | Угърчин | 7,181 | Ugarchin | 2,832 |
| Yablanitsa | Ябланица | 6,427 | Yablanitsa | 2,896 |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 217,203 | — |
| 1956 | 214,213 | −1.4% |
| 1965 | 217,342 | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 216,844 | −0.2% |
| 1985 | 202,968 | −6.4% |
| 1992 | 190,262 | −6.3% |
| 2001 | 169,951 | −10.7% |
| 2011 | 141,422 | −16.8% |
| 2021 | 116,394 | −17.7% |
| Source: pop-stat.mashke.org[6] | ||
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.[7]
As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 151,153[1] of which 29.4% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.[8]
Ethnic groups
| Ethnic groups in Lovech Province (2011 census) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnic group | Percentage | |||
| Bulgarians | 90.9% | |||
| Romani | 4.4% | |||
| Turks | 3.3% | |||
| others and indefinable | 1.4% | |||
Total population (2011 census): 141 422
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[9]
Identified themselves: 130 180 persons:
- Bulgarians: 118 346 (90,91%)
- Romani: 5 705 (4,38%)
- Turks: 4 337 (3,33%)
- Others and indefinable: 1 792 (1,38%)
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 (with percentage of total population):[10]
| Ethnic group | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgarians | 152,194 | 89.552% |
| Turkish | 8,476 | 4.987% |
| Romani | 6,316 | 3.716% |
| Russians | 269 | 0.158% |
| Armenians | 12 | 0.007% |
| Vlachs (Aromanians, Romanians, Romanian-speaking Boyash) | 458 | 0.269% |
| Macedonians | 7 | 0.004% |
| Greeks | 21 | 0.012% |
| Ukrainians | 29 | 0.017% |
| Jewish | 1 | 0.001% |
| Romanians (self-declared) | 3 | 0.002% |
| Other | 91 | 0.054% |
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 (with percentage of total population): 154,157 Bulgarian (90.7%), 6,994 Turkish (4.1%), 6,033 Romani (3.5%), and 1,123 other (0.7%).[11]
Religion
| Religions in Lovech Province (2011 census)[12] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religious group | Percentage | |||
| Orthodox Christian | 59.75% | |||
| Muslim | 2.3% | |||
| Protestant Christian | 0.9% | |||
| Roman Catholic Christian | 0.5% | |||
| others and indefinable | 36.46% | |||
Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:[13]
| Census 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| religious adherence | population | % |
| Orthodox Christians | 146,778 | 86.36% |
| Muslims | 10,501 | 6.18% |
| Protestants | 879 | 0.52% |
| Roman Catholics | 366 | 0.22% |
| Other | 688 | 0.40% |
| Religion not mentioned | 10,739 | 6.32% |
| total | 169,951 | 100% |
- (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- (in English) „WorldCityPopulation“
- (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- "Divisions of Bulgaria" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2024-04-03.
- (in Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex Archived 2019-03-22 at the Wayback Machine from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001 Archived 2017-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
- (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009 Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Ethnic Group from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001 Archived 2017-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Mother Tongue from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001 Archived 2017-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ""Religious composition: 2011 census"". pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- (in Bulgarian) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001 Archived 2010-09-07 at the Wayback Machine