Gabrovo Province

Coordinates: 42°55′N 25°15′E / 42.917°N 25.250°E / 42.917; 25.250
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42°55′N 25°15′E / 42.917°N 25.250°E / 42.917; 25.250

Gabrovo Province
Област Габрово
Province
Central Balkan National Park
Central Balkan National Park
UTC+3 (EEST)
License plateEB
Websitegb.government.bg

Gabrovo Province (Bulgarian: Област Габрово (Oblast Gabrovo), former name Gabrovo okrug) is a small province lying at the geographical centre of Bulgaria. It is named after its main town - Gabrovo. In 2009 the total population of the area is 130,001.[2][3][1]

Municipalities

The Gabrovo province (област, oblast) contains four municipalities (singular: община, 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 of each as of 2009.

Municipality Cyrillic Pop.[2][3][1] Town/Village Pop.[4][3][5]
Dryanovo Дряново 10,502 Dryanovo 8,043
Gabrovo Габрово 67,501 Gabrovo 60,281
Sevlievo Севлиево 39,537 Sevlievo 24,065
Tryavna Трявна 12,461 Tryavna 9,831

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1946151,209—    
1956154,864+2.4%
1965168,629+8.9%
1975175,933+4.3%
1985174,681−0.7%
1992161,987−7.3%
2001144,125−11.0%
2011122,702−14.9%
202198,387−19.8%
Source: pop-stat.mashke.org[6]

The Gabrovo province had a population of 144,150 (144,125 also given) according to a 2001 census, of which 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female.[7]

As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 130,001[2] of which 30.4% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.[8]

Ethnic groups (2011 census):[9] Identified themselves: 115 358 persons:

  • Bulgarians: 106 406 (92.24%)
  • Turks
    : 6 464 (5.60%)
  • Romani: 1 305 (1.13%)
  • Others and indefinable: 1 183 (1.03%)

Religion

Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:[10]

Census 2001
religious adherence population %
Orthodox Christians 131 325 91.12%
Muslims 8 860 6.15%
Roman Catholics
 432 0.30%
Protestants 270 0.19%
Other 534 0.36%
Religion not mentioned 2 704 1.88%
total 144 125 100%

Main city

textiles that earned the town the sobriquet
of the “Manchester of Bulgaria”, Gabrovo is a charmingly laid-back provincial place.

To the

jokes about the supposed miserliness
of a particular community, and in Bulgaria the butt of the jokes has always been Gabrovo.

A Festival of Humour and Satire takes place in May, comprising

Etara
complex.

Bozhentsi and Etara

View of the Etara complex

Bozhentsi is preserved as an old village

Etara, nearby. Strung out along the valley, with its clear bubbling stream and rich bird-life, the Etara complex has the look and feel of a film set
, and even though it is artificial, it is nonetheless convincing and a joy to explore.

Traditionally

crafts were inseparable from the charshya (bazaar), and the reconstructed bazaar of the type once common in Bulgarian towns forms the heart of the open-air museum. Throughout much of the day artisans
are at work here, hammering blades, throwing pots, carving bowls and the like, and everything they make is for sale. Note that many of the artisans leave an hour or so before the complex officially closes.

Even if your interest in crafts is minimal it’s difficult not to admire the interiors of the old houses, which achieve great beauty through the skilful use of simple materials. Besides

café, and a bakery selling Turkish delight
and many other sweet treats.

An hour or so walk southwest from Etara,

Sokolsky Monastery perches on a crag above the village of Voditsi. During Ottoman times the monks offered succour to Bulgarian outlaws and an assembly point during the uprising against the Turks in 1876. Nowadays it is a discreet, little-visited place, with rosebushes and privet
shrubs laid out in a courtyard dominated by an octagonal stone fountain.

Tourism

Places of interest in Gabrovo province include architectural reserve Bozhentsi. Hiking is widely available in the Central Balkan National Park and in the Bulgarka Nature Park, itself home to Etar Architectural-Ethnographic Complex, Dryanovo Monastery, Sokolski Monastery, Shipka Pass, and the Uzana area. For admirers of historical tourism the Shipka Freedom Memorial is a must-see.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  2. ^ a b c (in Bulgarian) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - 2011 census Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b c (in English) „WorldCityPopulation“
  4. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  6. ^ "Divisions of Bulgaria" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2024-04-03.
  7. ^ (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
  8. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009 Archived May 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute Archived 2013-05-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Bulgarian)
  10. ^ (in Bulgarian) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001 Archived 2010-09-07 at the Wayback Machine

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