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 2025¹
№	Districts		Population	Territory	Municipalities	Mayoralties	Towns	Villages
№	ЕКАТТЕ	Name	Number	Sq. km	Number	Number	Number	Number
0	BG	Bulgaria	6 423 207	110 997	265	3 041	257	4 999
1	BLG	Blagoevgrad	285 644	6 459	14	160	13	261
2	BGS	Burgas	391 500	7 742	13	158	20	229
3	VAR	Varna	440 532	3 819	12	115	11	148
4	VTR	Veliko Tarnovo	198 803	4 659	10	107	14	322
5	VID	Vidin	69 465	3 039	11	56	7	133
6	VRC	Vratsa	144 502	3 623	10	100	8	115
7	GAB	Gabrovo	92 722	2 022	4	38	5	344
8	DOB	Dobrich	143 858	4 714	8	125	6	209
9	KRZ	Kardzhali	152 028	3 211	7	375	5	463
10	KNL	Kyustendil	104 740	3 059	9	63	7	175
11	LOV	Lovech	109 446	4 135	8	71	8	102
12	MON	Montana	110 970	3 637	11	78	8	122
13	PAZ	Pazardzhik	221 176	4 458	12	99	13	105
14	PER	Pernik	108 871	2 397	6	38	6	165
15	PVN	Pleven	212 890	4 653	11	105	14	109
16	PDV	Plovdiv	638 290	5 961	18	157	18	194
17	RAZ	Razgrad	98 083	2 412	7	92	6	97
18	RSE	Ruse	184 251	2 859	8	66	9	74
19	SLS	Silistra	92 365	2 845	7	81	5	113
20	SLV	Sliven	168 267	3 542	4	90	6	104
21	SML	Smolyan	88 816	3 205	10	98	8	232
22	SFO	Sofia	222 946	7 071	22	116	18	266
23	SOF	Sofia (stolitsa)	1 303 813	1 343	1	33	4	34
24	SZR	Stara Zagora	286 722	5 148	11	125	11	195
25	TGV	Targovishte	93 633	2 708	5	127	5	189
26	HKV	Haskovo	205 702	5 530	11	168	10	251
27	SHU	Shumen	148 601	3 393	10	127	8	143
28	JAM	Yambol	104 571	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 31.12.2024; 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 2025
№	Municipality		Population	District
№	ЕКАТТЕ	Name	Number	ЕКАТТЕ	Name
1	SOF46	Stolichna	1 303 813	SOF	Sofia (stolitsa)
2	PDV22	Plovdiv	333 994	PDV	Plovdiv
3	VAR06	Varna	331 260	VAR	Varna
4	BGS04	Burgas	195 912	BGS	Burgas
5	SZR31	Stara Zagora	141 748	SZR	Stara Zagora
6	RSE27	Ruse	136 112	RSE	Ruse
7	SLV20	Sliven	109 879	SLV	Sliven
8	PVN24	Pleven	108 440	PVN	Pleven
9	PAZ19	Pazardzhik	87 766	PAZ	Pazardzhik
10	PER32	Pernik	80 576	PER	Pernik
11	HKV34	Haskovo	78 235	HKV	Haskovo
12	SHU30	Shumen	77 095	SHU	Shumen
13	VTR04	Veliko Tarnovo	77 067	VTR	Veliko Tarnovo
14	BLG03	Blagoevgrad	70 708	BLG	Blagoevgrad
15	DOB28	Dobrich	68 573	DOB	Dobrich
16	KRZ16	Kardzhali	67 238	KRZ	Kardzhali
17	SZR12	Kazanlak	62 923	SZR	Stara Zagora
18	JAM26	Yambol	58 997	JAM	Yambol
19	VRC10	Vratsa	58 721	VRC	Vratsa
20	PDV01	Asenovgrad	56 647	PDV	Plovdiv
21	GAB05	Gabrovo	48 879	GAB	Gabrovo
22	TGV35	Targovishte	47 496	TGV	Targovishte
23	KNL29	Kyustendil	46 391	KNL	Kyustendil
24	BLG33	Petrich	45 755	BLG	Blagoevgrad
25	PDV13	Karlovo	44 470	PDV	Plovdiv
26	VID09	Vidin	44 089	VID	Vidin
27	MON29	Montana	42 776	MON	Montana
28	HKV09	Dimitrovgrad	41 858	HKV	Haskovo
29	RAZ26	Razgrad	41 510	RAZ	Razgrad
30	SLS31	Silistra	38 980	SLS	Silistra
31	BGS15	Nesebar	36 656	BGS	Burgas
32	VTR06	Gorna Oryahovitsa	35 866	VTR	Veliko Tarnovo
33	LOV18	Lovech	35 792	LOV	Lovech
34	KNL48	Dupnitsa	35 547	KNL	Kyustendil
35	BLG40	Sandanski	34 243	BLG	Blagoevgrad
36	SFO39	Samokov	33 375	SFO	Sofia
37	PDV26	Rodopi	32 446	PDV	Plovdiv
38	PAZ08	Velingrad	31 928	PAZ	Pazardzhik
39	SML31	Smolyan	31 514	SML	Smolyan
40	PDV17	Maritsa	31 043	PDV	Plovdiv
41	SFO07	Botevgrad	30 040	SFO	Sofia

Table 3. Quarters in Stolichna municipality as of 31 December 2025¹
№	Quarter		Population
№	ЕКАТТЕ	Name	Number	%
1	68134-01	Sredets	24 641	1.9
2	68134-02	Krasno selo	77 300	6.0
3	68134-03	Vazrazhdane	36 476	2.8
4	68134-04	Oborishte	27 809	2.1
5	68134-05	Serdika	41 004	3.2
6	68134-06	Poduyane	68 072	5.3
7	68134-07	Slatina	62 157	4.8
8	68134-08	Izgrev	31 332	2.4
9	68134-09	Lozenets	57 492	4.4
10	68134-10	Triaditsa	69 163	5.3
11	68134-11	Krasna polyana	50 708	3.9
12	68134-12	Ilinden	28 798	2.2
13	68134-13	Nadezhda	63 487	4.9
14	68134-14	Iskar	58 120	4.5
15	68134-15	Mladost	100 723	7.8
16	68134-16	Studentski	71 226	5.5
17	68134-17	Vitosha	74 888	5.8
18	68134-18	Ovcha kupel	54 902	4.2
19	68134-19	Lyulin	100 473	7.8
20	68134-20	Vrabnitsa	41 941	3.2
21	68134-21	Novi Iskar	26 798	2.1
22	68134-22	Kremikovtsi	21 216	1.6
23	68134-23	Pancharevo	26 308	2.0
24	68134-24	Bankya	11 414	0.9
¹As of 31.12.2025, 6.0% (77365 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 2025¹
№	Quarter		Population
№	ЕКАТТЕ	Name	Number	%
1	56784-01	Tsentralen	67 004	20.3
2	56784-02	Iztochen	41 077	12.5
3	56784-03	Zapaden	36 708	11.1
4	56784-04	Severen	46 928	14.2
5	56784-05	Yuzhen	74 155	22.5
6	56784-06	Trakia	53 065	16.1
¹As of 31.12.2025, 4.6% (15057 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 2025¹
№	Quarter		Population
№	ЕКАТТЕ	Name	Number	%
1	10135-01	Odesos	68 552	21.5
2	10135-02	Primorski	104 302	32.7
3	10135-03	Mladost	74 541	23.4
4	10135-04	Vladislav Varnenchik	35 286	11.1
5	10135-05	Asparuhovo	22 312	7.0
¹As of 31.12.2025, 5.6% (17690 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 2025
№	Town		Population	Municipality		District
№	ЕКАТТЕ	Name	Number	ЕКАТТЕ	Name	ЕКАТТЕ	Name
1	68134	Sofia	1 213 134	SOF46	Stolichna	SOF	Sofia (stolitsa)
2	56784	Plovdiv	333 994	PDV22	Plovdiv	PDV	Plovdiv
3	10135	Varna	322 683	VAR06	Varna	VAR	Varna
4	07079	Burgas	189 086	BGS04	Burgas	BGS	Burgas
5	68850	Stara Zagora	120 976	SZR31	Stara Zagora	SZR	Stara Zagora
6	63427	Ruse	120 282	RSE27	Ruse	RSE	Ruse
7	56722	Pleven	88 058	PVN24	Pleven	PVN	Pleven
8	67338	Sliven	77 832	SLV20	Sliven	SLV	Sliven
9	72624	Dobrich	68 573	DOB28	Dobrich	DOB	Dobrich
10	83510	Shumen	66 399	SHU30	Shumen	SHU	Shumen
11	55871	Pernik	65 317	PER32	Pernik	PER	Pernik
12	04279	Blagoevgrad	64 171	BLG03	Blagoevgrad	BLG	Blagoevgrad
13	77195	Haskovo	62 923	HKV34	Haskovo	HKV	Haskovo
14	10447	Veliko Tarnovo	60 067	VTR04	Veliko Tarnovo	VTR	Veliko Tarnovo
15	87374	Yambol	58 997	JAM26	Yambol	JAM	Yambol
16	55155	Pazardzhik	53 693	PAZ19	Pazardzhik	PAZ	Pazardzhik
17	12259	Vratsa	47 874	VRC10	Vratsa	VRC	Vratsa
18	00702	Asenovgrad	45 271	PDV01	Asenovgrad	PDV	Plovdiv
19	14218	Gabrovo	43 229	GAB05	Gabrovo	GAB	Gabrovo
20	40909	Kardzhali	42 250	KRZ16	Kardzhali	KRZ	Kardzhali
21	35167	Kazanlak	41 260	SZR12	Kazanlak	SZR	Stara Zagora
22	48489	Montana	34 614	MON29	Montana	MON	Montana
23	41112	Kyustendil	34 063	KNL29	Kyustendil	KNL	Kyustendil
24	10971	Vidin	33 127	VID09	Vidin	VID	Vidin
25	73626	Targovishte	32 524	TGV35	Targovishte	TGV	Targovishte
26	21052	Dimitrovgrad	29 835	HKV09	Dimitrovgrad	HKV	Haskovo
27	61710	Razgrad	27 517	RAZ26	Razgrad	RAZ	Razgrad
28	43952	Lovech	26 693	LOV18	Lovech	LOV	Lovech
29	66425	Silistra	26 470	SLS31	Silistra	SLS	Silistra
30	68789	Dupnitsa	26 108	KNL48	Dupnitsa	KNL	Kyustendil
31	56126	Petrich	25 888	BLG33	Petrich	BLG	Blagoevgrad
32	16359	Gorna Oryahovitsa	24 768	VTR06	Gorna Oryahovitsa	VTR	Veliko Tarnovo
33	67653	Smolyan	24 028	SML31	Smolyan	SML	Smolyan
34	65231	Samokov	23 741	SFO39	Samokov	SFO	Sofia
35	65334	Sandanski	23 334	BLG40	Sandanski	BLG	Blagoevgrad

Table 7. Villages with population over 3 000 in the Republic of Bulgaria as of 31 December 2025
№	Villages		Population	Municipality		Districts
№	ЕКАТТЕ	Name	Number	ЕКАТТЕ	Name	ЕКАТТЕ	Name
1	44063	Lozen	6 671	SOF46	Stolichna	SOF	Sofia (stolitsa)
2	04234	Bistritsa	6 076	SOF46	Stolichna	SOF	Sofia (stolitsa)
3	00895	Aydemir	5 003	SLS31	Silistra	SLS	Silistra
4	35239	Kazichene	4 831	SOF46	Stolichna	SOF	Sofia (stolitsa)
5	23234	Draginovo	4 672	PAZ08	Velingrad	PAZ	Pazardzhik
6	62949	Rozino	4 305	PDV13	Karlovo	PDV	Plovdiv
7	11394	Vladaya	4 185	SOF46	Stolichna	SOF	Sofia (stolitsa)
8	73242	Trud	4 017	PDV17	Maritsa	PDV	Plovdiv
9	61056	Ravda	3 781	BGS15	Nesebar	BGS	Burgas
10	03620	Belozem	3 736	PDV25	Rakovski	PDV	Plovdiv
11	78029	Tsalapitsa	3 668	PDV26	Rodopi	PDV	Plovdiv
12	47295	Markovo	3 663	PDV26	Rodopi	PDV	Plovdiv
13	59032	Parvenets	3 498	PDV26	Rodopi	PDV	Plovdiv
14	52012	Novi han	3 453	SFO17	Elin Pelin	SFO	Sofia
15	72816	Topolchane	3 411	SLV20	Sliven	SLV	Sliven
16	55419	Pancharevo	3 304	SOF46	Stolichna	SOF	Sofia (stolitsa)
17	06306	Breznitsa	3 287	BLG11	Gotse Delchev	BLG	Blagoevgrad
18	12283	Vrachesh	3 177	SFO07	Botevgrad	SFO	Sofia
19	17436	Gradets	3 164	SLV11	Kotel	SLV	Sliven
20	18490	Elin Pelin	3 146	SFO17	Elin Pelin	SFO	Sofia
21	41143	Kalipetrovo	3 145	SLS31	Silistra	SLS	Silistra
22	06999	Bukovlak	3 138	PVN24	Pleven	PVN	Pleven
23	38916	Kostenets	3 128	SFO25	Kostenets	SFO	Sofia
24	62858	Rogosh	3 098	PDV17	Maritsa	PDV	Plovdiv
25	12084	Voluyak	3 089	SOF46	Stolichna	SOF	Sofia (stolitsa)

Table 8. Settlement formations of national importance in the Republic of Bulgaria as of 31 December 2025¹
№	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
9	98230	Resort „Pamporovo“	SML31	Smolyan	SML	Smolyan
¹IYC - International Youth Center.

Table 9. Population by Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) as of 31 December 2025¹
№	Code	Level	NUTS	Population		Territory
№	Code	Level	NUTS	Number	%	Sq. km
1	BG	NUTS0	Bulgaria	6 423 207	100.0	110 997
2	BG3	NUTS1	Severna i Yugoiztochna Bulgaria	3 091 181	48.1	68 302
3	BG31	NUTS2	Severozapaden	647 273	10.1	19 086
4	BG311	NUTS3	Vidin	69 465	1.1	3 039
5	BG313	NUTS3	Vratsa	144 502	2.2	3 623
6	BG315	NUTS3	Lovech	109 446	1.7	4 135
7	BG312	NUTS3	Montana	110 970	1.7	3 637
8	BG314	NUTS3	Pleven	212 890	3.3	4 653
9	BG32	NUTS2	Severen tsentralen	666 224	10.4	14 797
10	BG321	NUTS3	Veliko Tarnovo	198 803	3.1	4 659
11	BG322	NUTS3	Gabrovo	92 722	1.4	2 022
12	BG324	NUTS3	Razgrad	98 083	1.5	2 412
13	BG323	NUTS3	Ruse	184 251	2.9	2 859
14	BG325	NUTS3	Silistra	92 365	1.4	2 845
15	BG33	NUTS2	Severoiztochen	826 624	12.9	14 634
16	BG331	NUTS3	Varna	440 532	6.9	3 819
17	BG332	NUTS3	Dobrich	143 858	2.2	4 714
18	BG334	NUTS3	Targovishte	93 633	1.5	2 708
19	BG333	NUTS3	Shumen	148 601	2.3	3 393
20	BG34	NUTS2	Yugoiztochen	951 060	14.8	19 784
21	BG341	NUTS3	Burgas	391 500	6.1	7 742
22	BG342	NUTS3	Sliven	168 267	2.6	3 542
23	BG344	NUTS3	Stara Zagora	286 722	4.5	5 148
24	BG343	NUTS3	Yambol	104 571	1.6	3 353
25	BG4	NUTS1	Yugozapadna i Yuzhna tsentralna Bulgaria	3 332 026	51.9	42 695
26	BG41	NUTS2	Yugozapaden	2 026 014	31.5	20 330
27	BG413	NUTS3	Blagoevgrad	285 644	4.4	6 459
28	BG415	NUTS3	Kyustendil	104 740	1.6	3 059
29	BG414	NUTS3	Pernik	108 871	1.7	2 397
30	BG412	NUTS3	Sofia	222 946	3.5	7 071
31	BG411	NUTS3	Sofia (stolitsa)	1 303 813	20.3	1 343
32	BG42	NUTS2	Yuzhen tsentralen	1 306 012	20.3	22 365
33	BG425	NUTS3	Kardzhali	152 028	2.4	3 211
34	BG423	NUTS3	Pazardzhik	221 176	3.4	4 458
35	BG421	NUTS3	Plovdiv	638 290	9.9	5 961
36	BG424	NUTS3	Smolyan	88 816	1.4	3 205
37	BG422	NUTS3	Haskovo	205 702	3.2	5 530

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