Botevgrad Municipality

The relieve is varied. In its central part lies the Botevgrad Valley with a length of 28–30 km and a maximum width of 12 km, spanning some 150 km² with an elevation of 320–420 m. North and northeast of the valley are two ridges of the fore-Balkan, Gola Glava and Lakavitsa. To the west and south of the valley rise four ridges of the main range of the Balkan Mountains — Rzhana, Golema Planina, Murgash and Bilo. The highest point of the municipality is the summit of Murgash (1,687 m) at the boundary with Sofia City Province. The lowest elevation is 242 m in the east part of the Botevgrad Valley at the border with Pravets Municipality.

Botevgrad Municipality falls within the temperate continental climatic zone. Over 90% of its territory is drained by the river Bebresh, a left tributary of the Malki Iskar, itself a right tributary of the Iskar of the Danube drainage. The Muhalnitsa protected area is situated in the Botevgrad Valley and is known for a unique breeding migration of the common frog (Rana temporaria).^[2]

Botevgrad Municipality is traversed by four roads of the national network with a total length of 89.8 km, including a 17.5 km section of the Hemus motorway (A2) that connects the capital Sofia with the Black Sea port of Varna, a 38 km stretch of the first class I-1 road Vidin–Sofia–Blagoevgrad–Kulata, a 6.2 km stretch of the first class I-3 road Byala–Pleven–Botevgrad, and the last 28.1 km of the third class III-161 road.^[3]

The population is 30,225 as of 2024.^[1]

There are 12 villages and one town in Botevgrad Municipality:

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  Botevgrad Valley at Skravena
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  Rudinata protected area
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  Bebresh Reservoir
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  Landscape near the fortress of Bozhenishki Urvich
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  Church of the Ascension of Christ, Botevgrad