| Lyaskovets Municipality Община Лясковец |
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| — Municipality — | |
| Lyaskovets Municipality within Bulgaria and Veliko Tarnovo Province. | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Veliko Tarnovo |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Lyaskovets |
| Area | |
| • Total | 117.54 km2 (45.4 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
| • Total | 13,677 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Lyaskovets Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Лясковец) is a municipality (obshtina) in Veliko Tarnovo Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located in the transition between the Danubian Plain and the area of the so called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Lyaskovets.
The municipality embraces a territory of 117.54 km² with a population of 13,677 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
The main road E772 crosses the area centrally, connecting the province centre of Veliko Tarnovo with the city of Targovishte and the eastern operating part of Hemus motorway.
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Lyaskovets Municipality includes the following 6 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
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| Lyaskovets | Лясковец | 8,277 |
| Dobri Dyal | Добри дял | 1,168 |
| Dragizhevo | Драгижево | 800 |
| Dzhulunitsa | Джулюница | 1,900 |
| Kozarevets | Козаревец | 915 |
| Merdanya | Мерданя | 617 |
| Total | 13,677 |
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Lyaskovets Municipality | ||||||||
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| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 19,454 | 18,326 | 17,479 | 15,570 | 14,282 | 13,915 | 13,677 | ... |
| Sources: National Statistical Institute,[1] Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,?? | ||||||||
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