Gabrovo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Габрово) is a municipality (obshtina) in Gabrovo Province, North-central Bulgaria, located on the northern slopes of the central Stara planina mountain to the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the city of Gabrovo which is also the capital of the province.

The municipality embraces a territory of 555.57 km (214.51 sq mi) with a population of 67,501 inhabitants, as of December 2009.

Aside from the rich cultural landmarks of the main city, the area is best known with the beautifully preserved architectural reserve of Bozhentsi village and the north approach to Shipka Pass which was a noted place of the Bulgarian history and one of the main transport connections between the north and south parts of Bulgaria and the Balkan peninsula.

(towns are shown in bold): Population (December 2009)

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.

Gabrovo Municipality
Year	1975	1985	1992	2001	2005	2007	2009	2011
Population	85,932	90,032	84,333	74,949	70,537	69,248	67,501	...
Sources: Census 2001, Census 2011, „pop-stat.mashke.org“,

According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:

Religious composition of Gabrovo Municipality Orthodox Christianity   89.4% Catholicism   0.5% Protestantism   0.7% Islam   0.6% No religion   3.5% Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable   5.3%

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