Lyaskovets Municipality

Lyaskovets Municipality
Община Лясковец
Municipality
Lyaskovets Municipality within Bulgaria and Veliko Tarnovo Province.
Coordinates: 43°6′N 25°45′E / 43.100°N 25.750°E / 43.100; 25.750
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Veliko Tarnovo
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Lyaskovets
Area
  Total
117.54 km2 (45.38 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2009)
  Total
13,677
  Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Lyaskovets Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Лясковец) is a municipality (obshtina) in Veliko Tarnovo Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located in the transition between the Danubian Plain and the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Lyaskovets.

The municipality embraces a territory of 117.54 km2 (45.38 sq mi) with a population of 13,677 inhabitants, as of December 2009.

The main road E772 crosses the area centrally, connecting the province centre of Veliko Tarnovo with the city of Targovishte and the eastern operating part of Hemus motorway.