Administrative territorial and territorial division

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Table 1. Population, territory and administrative-territorial and territorial units in the Republic of Bulgaria as of 31 December 2024¹
№	Districts		Population	Territory	Municipalities	Mayoralties	Towns	Villages
№	ЕКАТТЕ	Name	Number	Sq. km	Number	Number	Number	Number
0	BG	Bulgaria	6 437 360	110 997	265	3 041	257	4 999
1	BLG	Blagoevgrad	286 333	6 459	14	160	13	261
2	BGS	Burgas	388 919	7 742	13	158	20	229
3	VAR	Varna	437 521	3 819	12	115	11	148
4	VTR	Veliko Tarnovo	200 413	4 659	10	107	14	322
5	VID	Vidin	70 542	3 039	11	56	7	133
6	VRC	Vratsa	146 002	3 623	10	100	8	115
7	GAB	Gabrovo	93 817	2 022	4	38	5	344
8	DOB	Dobrich	145 207	4 714	8	125	6	209
9	KRZ	Kardzhali	149 478	3 211	7	375	5	463
10	KNL	Kyustendil	106 131	3 059	9	63	7	175
11	LOV	Lovech	110 823	4 135	8	71	8	102
12	MON	Montana	112 737	3 637	11	78	8	122
13	PAZ	Pazardzhik	223 494	4 458	12	99	13	105
14	PER	Pernik	109 886	2 397	6	38	6	165
15	PVN	Pleven	215 326	4 653	11	105	14	109
16	PDV	Plovdiv	635 630	5 961	18	157	18	194
17	RAZ	Razgrad	99 459	2 412	7	92	6	97
18	RSE	Ruse	186 093	2 859	8	66	9	74
19	SLS	Silistra	93 549	2 845	7	81	5	113
20	SLV	Sliven	169 299	3 542	4	90	6	104
21	SML	Smolyan	90 534	3 205	10	98	8	232
22	SFO	Sofia	224 701	7 071	22	116	18	266
23	SOF	Sofia (stolitsa)	1 295 931	1 343	1	33	4	34
24	SZR	Stara Zagora	288 736	5 148	11	125	11	195
25	TGV	Targovishte	94 735	2 708	5	127	5	189
26	HKV	Haskovo	207 356	5 530	11	168	10	251
27	SHU	Shumen	149 279	3 393	10	127	8	143
28	JAM	Yambol	105 429	3 353	5	73	4	105
¹ЕКАТТЕ - Unified classifier of administrative-territorial and territorial units (UCATTU); territory is calculated based on the digital cadastral map of the country as of 31.12.2023; the number of villages includes Rila monastery (Kyustendil district) and Klisura monastery (Montana district), which have settlement status.

Table 2. Municipalities with population over 30 000 in the Republic of Bulgaria as of 31 December 2024
№	Municipality		Population	District
№	ЕКАТТЕ	Name	Number	ЕКАТТЕ	Name
1	SOF46	Stolichna	1 295 931	SOF	Sofia (stolitsa)
2	PDV22	Plovdiv	329 489	PDV	Plovdiv
3	VAR06	Varna	327 424	VAR	Varna
4	BGS04	Burgas	195 719	BGS	Burgas
5	SZR31	Stara Zagora	142 296	SZR	Stara Zagora
6	RSE27	Ruse	137 159	RSE	Ruse
7	SLV20	Sliven	110 470	SLV	Sliven
8	PVN24	Pleven	109 080	PVN	Pleven
9	PAZ19	Pazardzhik	88 700	PAZ	Pazardzhik
10	PER32	Pernik	81 170	PER	Pernik
11	HKV34	Haskovo	78 812	HKV	Haskovo
12	SHU30	Shumen	77 390	SHU	Shumen
13	VTR04	Veliko Tarnovo	77 049	VTR	Veliko Tarnovo
14	DOB28	Dobrich	69 434	DOB	Dobrich
15	BLG03	Blagoevgrad	69 265	BLG	Blagoevgrad
16	KRZ16	Kardzhali	65 935	KRZ	Kardzhali
17	SZR12	Kazanlak	63 529	SZR	Stara Zagora
18	JAM26	Yambol	59 364	JAM	Yambol
19	VRC10	Vratsa	59 130	VRC	Vratsa
20	PDV01	Asenovgrad	56 859	PDV	Plovdiv
21	GAB05	Gabrovo	49 472	GAB	Gabrovo
22	TGV35	Targovishte	47 823	TGV	Targovishte
23	KNL29	Kyustendil	46 856	KNL	Kyustendil
24	BLG33	Petrich	46 343	BLG	Blagoevgrad
25	PDV13	Karlovo	44 894	PDV	Plovdiv
26	VID09	Vidin	44 663	VID	Vidin
27	MON29	Montana	43 397	MON	Montana
28	HKV09	Dimitrovgrad	42 440	HKV	Haskovo
29	RAZ26	Razgrad	41 981	RAZ	Razgrad
30	SLS31	Silistra	39 578	SLS	Silistra
31	LOV18	Lovech	36 384	LOV	Lovech
32	VTR06	Gorna Oryahovitsa	36 312	VTR	Veliko Tarnovo
33	KNL48	Dupnitsa	35 930	KNL	Kyustendil
34	BLG40	Sandanski	34 716	BLG	Blagoevgrad
35	BGS15	Nesebar	33 749	BGS	Burgas
36	SFO39	Samokov	33 703	SFO	Sofia
37	PDV26	Rodopi	32 359	PDV	Plovdiv
38	PAZ08	Velingrad	32 181	PAZ	Pazardzhik
39	SML31	Smolyan	31 910	SML	Smolyan
40	PDV17	Maritsa	31 191	PDV	Plovdiv
41	SFO07	Botevgrad	30 225	SFO	Sofia

Table 3. Quarters in Stolichna municipality as of 31 December 2024¹
№	Quarter		Population
№	ЕКАТТЕ	Name	Number	%
1	68134-01	Sredets	24 582	1.9
2	68134-02	Krasno selo	77 272	6
3	68134-03	Vazrazhdane	36 249	2.8
4	68134-04	Oborishte	27 665	2.1
5	68134-05	Serdika	41 036	3.2
6	68134-06	Poduyane	68 383	5.3
7	68134-07	Slatina	62 363	4.8
8	68134-08	Izgrev	31 185	2.4
9	68134-09	Lozenets	56 339	4.3
10	68134-10	Triaditsa	68 513	5.3
11	68134-11	Krasna polyana	50 924	3.9
12	68134-12	Ilinden	29 028	2.2
13	68134-13	Nadezhda	63 613	4.9
14	68134-14	Iskar	58 244	4.5
15	68134-15	Mladost	100 997	7.8
16	68134-16	Studentski	66 011	5.1
17	68134-17	Vitosha	73 778	5.7
18	68134-18	Ovcha kupel	54 639	4.2
19	68134-19	Lyulin	101 021	7.8
20	68134-20	Vrabnitsa	41 967	3.2
21	68134-21	Novi Iskar	26 999	2.1
22	68134-22	Kremikovtsi	21 395	1.7
23	68134-23	Pancharevo	26 561	2
24	68134-24	Bankya	11 480	0.9
¹As of 31 December 2024, 5.8% (75 687 persons) of the total population of the municipality are not assigned to any of the quarters due to incorrect or incomplete address information.

Table 4. Quarters in the city of Plovdiv as of 31 December 2024¹
№	Quarter		Population
№	ЕКАТТЕ	Name	Number	%
1	56784-01	Tsentralen	66 092	20.1
2	56784-02	Iztochen	41 418	12.6
3	56784-03	Zapaden	36 071	10.9
4	56784-04	Severen	46 572	14.1
5	56784-05	Yuzhen	73 654	22.4
6	56784-06	Trakia	51 425	15.6
¹As of 31 December 2024, 4.3% (14 257 persons) of the total population of the city of Plovdiv are not assigned to any of the quarters due to incorrect or incomplete address information.

Table 5. Quarters in the city of Varna as of 31 December 2024¹
№	Quarter		Population
№	ЕКАТТЕ	Name	Number	%
1	10135-01	Odesos	68 504	21.5
2	10135-02	Primorski	102 668	32.2
3	10135-03	Mladost	74 392	23.3
4	10135-04	Vladislav Varnenchik	35 338	11.1
5	10135-05	Asparuhovo	22 378	7
¹As of 31 December 2024, 4.8% (15 457 persons) of the total population of the city of Varna are not assigned to any of the quarters due to incorrect or incomplete address information.

Table 6. Towns with population over 20 000 in the Republic of Bulgaria as of 31 December 2024
№	Town		Population	Municipality		District
№	ЕКАТТЕ	Name	Number	ЕКАТТЕ	Name	ЕКАТТЕ	Name
1	68134	Sofia	1 205 548	SOF46	Stolichna	SOF	Sofia (stolitsa)
2	56784	Plovdiv	329 489	PDV22	Plovdiv	PDV	Plovdiv
3	10135	Varna	318 737	VAR06	Varna	VAR	Varna
4	7079	Burgas	189 014	BGS04	Burgas	BGS	Burgas
5	68850	Stara Zagora	121 249	SZR31	Stara Zagora	SZR	Stara Zagora
6	63427	Ruse	121 168	RSE27	Ruse	RSE	Ruse
7	56722	Pleven	88 565	PVN24	Pleven	PVN	Pleven
8	67338	Sliven	78 232	SLV20	Sliven	SLV	Sliven
9	72624	Dobrich	69 434	DOB28	Dobrich	DOB	Dobrich
10	83510	Shumen	66 641	SHU30	Shumen	SHU	Shumen
11	55871	Pernik	65 799	PER32	Pernik	PER	Pernik
12	77195	Haskovo	63 314	HKV34	Haskovo	HKV	Haskovo
13	4279	Blagoevgrad	62 670	BLG03	Blagoevgrad	BLG	Blagoevgrad
14	10447	Veliko Tarnovo	59 870	VTR04	Veliko Tarnovo	VTR	Veliko Tarnovo
15	87374	Yambol	59 364	JAM26	Yambol	JAM	Yambol
16	55155	Pazardzhik	54 297	PAZ19	Pazardzhik	PAZ	Pazardzhik
17	12259	Vratsa	48 147	VRC10	Vratsa	VRC	Vratsa
18	702	Asenovgrad	45 362	PDV01	Asenovgrad	PDV	Plovdiv
19	14218	Gabrovo	43 710	GAB05	Gabrovo	GAB	Gabrovo
20	40909	Kardzhali	41 724	KRZ16	Kardzhali	KRZ	Kardzhali
21	35167	Kazanlak	41 537	SZR12	Kazanlak	SZR	Stara Zagora
22	48489	Montana	35 045	MON29	Montana	MON	Montana
23	41112	Kyustendil	34 334	KNL29	Kyustendil	KNL	Kyustendil
24	10971	Vidin	33 448	VID09	Vidin	VID	Vidin
25	73626	Targovishte	32 627	TGV35	Targovishte	TGV	Targovishte
26	21052	Dimitrovgrad	30 280	HKV09	Dimitrovgrad	HKV	Haskovo
27	61710	Razgrad	27 888	RAZ26	Razgrad	RAZ	Razgrad
28	43952	Lovech	27 046	LOV18	Lovech	LOV	Lovech
29	66425	Silistra	26 879	SLS31	Silistra	SLS	Silistra
30	68789	Dupnitsa	26 370	KNL48	Dupnitsa	KNL	Kyustendil
31	56126	Petrich	25 966	BLG33	Petrich	BLG	Blagoevgrad
32	16359	Gorna Oryahovitsa	24 957	VTR06	Gorna Oryahovitsa	VTR	Veliko Tarnovo
33	67653	Smolyan	24 292	SML31	Smolyan	SML	Smolyan
34	65231	Samokov	23 921	SFO39	Samokov	SFO	Sofia
35	65334	Sandanski	23 592	BLG40	Sandanski	BLG	Blagoevgrad

Table 7. Villages with population over 3 000 in the Republic of Bulgaria as of 31 December 2024
№	Villages		Population	Municipality		Districts
№	ЕКАТТЕ	Name	Number	ЕКАТТЕ	Name	ЕКАТТЕ	Name
1	44063	Lozen	6 592	SOF46	Stolichna	SOF	Sofia (stolitsa)
2	4234	Bistritsa	6 018	SOF46	Stolichna	SOF	Sofia (stolitsa)
3	895	Aydemir	5 058	SLS31	Silistra	SLS	Silistra
4	35239	Kazichene	4 885	SOF46	Stolichna	SOF	Sofia (stolitsa)
5	23234	Draginovo	4 691	PAZ08	Velingrad	PAZ	Pazardzhik
6	62949	Rozino	4 315	PDV13	Karlovo	PDV	Plovdiv
7	73242	Trud	4 039	PDV17	Maritsa	PDV	Plovdiv
8	11394	Vladaya	4 022	SOF46	Stolichna	SOF	Sofia (stolitsa)
9	3620	Belozem	3 720	PDV25	Rakovski	PDV	Plovdiv
10	78029	Tsalapitsa	3 658	PDV26	Rodopi	PDV	Plovdiv
11	59032	Parvenets	3 519	PDV26	Rodopi	PDV	Plovdiv
12	61056	Ravda	3 515	BGS15	Nesebar	BGS	Burgas
13	47295	Markovo	3 502	PDV26	Rodopi	PDV	Plovdiv
14	52012	Novi han	3 394	SFO17	Elin Pelin	SFO	Sofia
15	72816	Topolchane	3 393	SLV20	Sliven	SLV	Sliven
16	6306	Breznitsa	3 300	BLG11	Gotse Delchev	BLG	Blagoevgrad
17	12283	Vrachesh	3 221	SFO07	Botevgrad	SFO	Sofia
18	41143	Kalipetrovo	3 203	SLS31	Silistra	SLS	Silistra
19	55419	Pancharevo	3 190	SOF46	Stolichna	SOF	Sofia (stolitsa)
20	18490	Elin Pelin	3 168	SFO17	Elin Pelin	SFO	Sofia
21	38916	Kostenets	3 138	SFO25	Kostenets	SFO	Sofia
22	62858	Rogosh	3 104	PDV17	Maritsa	PDV	Plovdiv
23	17436	Gradets	3 104	SLV11	Kotel	SLV	Sliven
24	12084	Voluyak	3 096	SOF46	Stolichna	SOF	Sofia (stolitsa)
25	6999	Bukovlak	3 095	PVN24	Pleven	PVN	Pleven
26	6505	Brestovitsa	3 039	PDV26	Rodopi	PDV	Plovdiv
27	72709	Topoli	3 024	VAR06	Varna	VAR	Varna
28	59077	Parvomay	3 012	BG413	Petrich	BLG	Blagoevgrad

Table 8. Settlement formations of national importance in the Republic of Bulgaria as of 31 December 2024¹
№	Settlement formation		Municipality		District
№	ЕКАТТЕ	Name	ЕКАТТЕ	Name	ЕКАТТЕ	Name
1	94015	Resort „Zlatni pyasatsi“	VAR06	Varna	VAR	Varna
2	94040	Resort „Sv. sv. Konstantin i Elena“	VAR06	Varna	VAR	Varna
3	99958	Resort „Albena“	DOB03	Balchik	DOB	Dobrich
4	98212	Resort „Slanchev bryag“	BGS15	Nesebar	BGS	Burgas
5	94085	Resort „IYC - Primorsko“	BGS27	Primorsko	BGS	Burgas
6	98260	Holiday village „Dyuni“	BGS21	Sozozpol	BGS	Burgas
7	98226	Resort „Borovets“	SFO39	Samokov	SFO	Sofia
8	98230	Resort „Pamporovo“	SML38	Chepelare	SML	Smolyan
¹IYC - International Youth Center.

Table 9. Population by Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) as of 31 December 20241
№	Code	Level	NUTS	Population		Territory
№	Code	Level	NUTS	Number	%	Sq. km
1	BG	NUTS0	Bulgaria	6 437 360	100	110 997
2	BG3	NUTS1	Severna i Yugoiztochna Bulgaria	3 107 886	48.3	68 303
3	BG31	NUTS2	Severozapaden	655 430	10.2	19 087
4	BG311	NUTS3	Vidin	70 542	1.1	3 039
5	BG313	NUTS3	Vratsa	146 002	2.3	3 623
6	BG315	NUTS3	Lovech	110 823	1.7	4 135
7	BG312	NUTS3	Montana	112 737	1.8	3 637
8	BG314	NUTS3	Pleven	215 326	3.3	4 653
9	BG32	NUTS2	Severen tsentralen	673 331	10.5	14 797
10	BG321	NUTS3	Veliko Tarnovo	200 413	3.1	4 659
11	BG322	NUTS3	Gabrovo	93 817	1.5	2 022
12	BG324	NUTS3	Razgrad	99 459	1.5	2 412
13	BG323	NUTS3	Ruse	186 093	2.9	2 859
14	BG325	NUTS3	Silistra	93 549	1.5	2 845
15	BG33	NUTS2	Severoiztochen	826 742	12.8	14 634
16	BG331	NUTS3	Varna	437 521	6.8	3 819
17	BG332	NUTS3	Dobrich	145 207	2.3	4 714
18	BG334	NUTS3	Targovishte	94 735	1.5	2 708
19	BG333	NUTS3	Shumen	149 279	2.3	3 393
20	BG34	NUTS2	Yugoiztochen	952 383	14.8	19 785
21	BG341	NUTS3	Burgas	388 919	6	7 742
22	BG342	NUTS3	Sliven	169 299	2.6	3 542
23	BG344	NUTS3	Stara Zagora	288 736	4.5	5 148
24	BG343	NUTS3	Yambol	105 429	1.6	3 353
25	BG4	NUTS1	Yugozapadna i Yuzhna tsentralna Bulgaria	3 329 474	51.7	42 694
26	BG41	NUTS2	Yugozapaden	2 022 982	31.4	20 329
27	BG413	NUTS3	Blagoevgrad	286 333	4.4	6 459
28	BG415	NUTS3	Kyustendil	106 131	1.6	3 059
29	BG414	NUTS3	Pernik	109 886	1.7	2 397
30	BG412	NUTS3	Sofia	224 701	3.5	7 071
31	BG411	NUTS3	Sofia (stolitsa)	1 295 931	20.1	1 343
32	BG42	NUTS2	Yuzhen tsentralen	1 306 492	20.3	22 365
33	BG425	NUTS3	Kardzhali	149 478	2.3	3 211
34	BG423	NUTS3	Pazardzhik	223 494	3.5	4 458
35	BG421	NUTS3	Plovdiv	635 630	9.9	5 961
36	BG424	NUTS3	Smolyan	90 534	1.4	3 205
37	BG422	NUTS3	Haskovo	207 356	3.2	5 530
¹NUTS - Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics.

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