Municipality Teteven
The Teteven municipality is located in North-Western Bulgaria in Lovech District. The Municipality consists of 1 town (Town of Teteven) and 25 villages. Teteven Municipality is situated in the northwestern part of the Middle Balkan Range. The relief is mountainous and semi-mountainous, strongly undulating. The altitude above sea level varies from 340 to 2,198 m. The highest point is Vezhen peak, the third highest peak in the Balkan Range, located in the eastern part of the Zlatitsa - Teteven Mountain. The climate is moderate continental. A characteristic feature is the large percentage of forest areas - 68%. Teteven Municipality is the owner of approximately 190,000,000 sq. m of good quality forests.
In the Central Balkan Range National Park 21 worldwide endangered vertebrata are preserved. The Ribaritsa mountainous climatic resort is at 12 km distance from Teteven and offers wonderful setting for recreation and business meetings, options for skiing, cycling, photo safari, mountain hiking with a qualified guide, entertainment by fishing. There is large potential in the villages of Cherni Vit, Golyam Izvor, Glozhene.
In the Central Balkan Range National Park 21 worldwide endangered vertebrata are preserved. The Ribaritsa mountainous climatic resort is at 12 km distance from Teteven and offers wonderful setting for recreation and business meetings, options for skiing, cycling, photo safari, mountain hiking with a qualified guide, entertainment by fishing. There is large potential in the villages of Cherni Vit, Golyam Izvor, Glozhene.
Quick facts about Municipality Teteven
In Bulgarian (Native transliteraion): Община ТетевенRegion: North-Western planing region of Bulgaria
District: Lovech district
Municipality: Teteven municipality
Latitude: 42.9169998
Longtitude: 24.2670002
Altitude: 5
Area Size: 703km2
Population: 24632 people (2005)
Sights & Landmarks Municipality Teteven (12) »
Divchovoto: Boatin reserve
Teteven: Historical Museum Teteven
Ribaritsa: Monument of Benkovksi, area of Kostina
Teteven: Teteven Monastery St. Elias
Cherni Vit: Boatin preserve
Glojene: Morovitsa cave
Cherni Vit: Neyo Krachunov memorial
Cherni Vit: Virgin Mary Church
Cherni Vit: Ethnographic Museum collection
Photos Municipality Teteven (91) »
News Municipality Teteven (10) »
2010-04-15 Teteven Museum of History (Culture)
2009-10-22 Cave of Morovitza near village of Glozhene (Travel)
2009-09-02 Boss of hotel in Ribaritsa siphoned off 10 million leva in VAT (Other)
2009-06-29 Adrenaline theme park in town of Teteven (Lifestyle)
2009-05-13 Project for new hotel complex in Teteven (Properties)
2009-02-27 11 Infected with Hepatitis C in Hospital in Teteven (Health)
2008-07-04 Teteven Receives Experts` Forum`s Gold Seal (Culture)
2008-06-25 Concrete Crawls into Another Natura 2000 Area in Bulgaria (Other)
2008-02-13 Bulgarian co to build villa community in Ribaritsa resort (Properties)
2007-05-23 Bulgarian co Tenbul to build holiday home village in Ribaritsa (Properties)
External links Municipality Teteven
www.teteven.bg (Teteven)
www.golyamizvor.com (Golyam izvor)
ribaritza.org (Ribaritsa)
www.chernivit.info (Cherni Vit)