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Sevlievo Municipality

Sevlievo Municipality
Община Севлиево
Municipality
Sevlievo Municipality within Bulgaria and Gabrovo Province.
Sevlievo Municipality within Bulgaria and Gabrovo Province.
Coordinates: 42°59′N 25°0′E / 42.983°N 25.000°E / 42.983; 25.000Coordinates: 42°59′N 25°0′E / 42.983°N 25.000°E / 42.983; 25.000
Country  Bulgaria
Province (Oblast) Gabrovo
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) Sevlievo
Area
 • Total 1,040 km2 (400 sq mi)
Population (December 2009)
 • Total 39,537
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Sevlievo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Севлиево) is a municipality (obshtina) in Gabrovo Province, North-central Bulgaria, located in the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan between Stara planina mountain and the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Sevlievo.

The municipality embraces a territory of 1040 km² with a population of 39,537 inhabitants, as of December 2009.

The area is best known with the Batoshevski Monastery, situated close to Batoshevo village.


Sevlievo Municipality includes the following 50 places (towns are shown in bold):

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Sevlievo Municipality has comprised the former municipalities of Gradnitsa and Stokite and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.


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