Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality () is a municipality (obshtina) in Veliko Tarnovo Province, central-north Bulgaria. It covers an area of with a total population of 48,695 people (as of 2009-12-31). Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Gorna Oryahovitsa, which is situated at the foot of Arbanashka Mountain, along the Yantra River.
Settlements
The municipality has 14 settlements (2 towns and 12 villages).
Note: The place names in bold have the status of town (in Bulgarian: град, transliterated as grad). Other localities have the status of village (in Bulgarian: село, transliterated as selo). The names of localities are transliterated in Latin alphabet,Geonames Search at National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) - reference for location namesGorna Oryahovitsa Municipality, Veliko Turnovo District at Guide-Bulgaria.com - reference for location names followed in parentheses by the original name in Bulgarian Cyrillic (which links to the corresponding Bulgarian Wikipedia article).
Town/Village Cyrillic script Population Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009(December 2009) Dolna Oryahovitsa Долна Оряховица 3,027 Draganovo Драганово 2,730 Gorna Oryahovitsa Горна Оряховица 32,436 Gorski Dolen Trambesh Горски Долен Тръмбеш 381 Gorski Goren Trambesh Горски Горен Тръмбеш 202 Krusheto Крушето 947 Paisiy Паисий 197 Parvomaytsi Първомайци 2,829 Pisarevo Писарево 1,079 Polikraishte Поликрайще 2,029 Pravda Правда 637 Strelets Стрелец 379 Varbitsa Върбица 1,186 Yantra Янтра 636 Total 48,695
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:
See also Provinces of Bulgaria Municipalities of Bulgaria List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
References
External links Official website Gorna.bg Informational portal for municipality of Gorna Oryahovitsa (Bulgarian)