Dryanovo Municipality


Dryanovo Municipality is a municipality 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 Dryanovo.
The municipality embraces a territory of 248.5 km² with a population of 9,587 inhabitants, as of December 2011.
The area is best known with the Dryanovo Monastery, situated close to the main town, and Bacho Kiro Cave.

Settlements

Dryanovo Municipality includes the following 46 places :
Town/VillageCyrillicPopulation
DryanovoДряново8,043
BalvantsiteБалванците1
BuchukovtsiБучуковци8
ChukovoЧуково26
DenchevtsiДенчевци21
DlagnyaДлъгня24
DobreniteДобрените4
Dolni VarpishtaДолни Върпища3
Dolni DragoychaДолни Драгойча3
DochaДоча10
GanchovetsГанчовец159
GeshaГеша7
GlushkaГлушка26
GozdeykaГоздейка22
Golemi BalgareniГолеми Българени10
Gorni VarpishtaГорни Върпища4
GostilitsaГостилица347
GarnyaГърня3
IgnatovtsiИгнатовци2
IskraИскра4
KalomenКаломен9
KaraivantsaКараиванца43
KatrandzhiiКатранджии42
KerekaКерека142
KosarkaКосарка44
KumaniteКуманите4
Malki BalgareniМалки Българени0
ManoyaМаноя48
PeynaПейна9
PetkovtsiПетковци3
PlachkaПлачка2
RadovtsiРадовци137
RityaРитя0
RunyaРуня32
RusinovtsiРусиновци10
SalasukaСаласука4
SkalskoСкалско96
SlaveykovoСлавейково65
SokolovoСоколово52
SyarovtsiСяровци6
ShushnyaШушня2
TurkinchaТуркинча26
Tsareva LivadaЦарева ливада789
YantraЯнтра139
ZayaЗая43
Total10,502

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: