The town of Pravetz lies at a distance of 9 km northeast of Sofia. The town is the municipal administrative centre of 10 component settlements. Pravetz has a population of 4 700 inhabitants. The settlement is located near a micro dam-lake. In the vicinities of the town there are remains of Thracian and Roman fortresses, a Roman bridge and a road used in the Middle Ages. The settlement is registered in the Ottoman documents in 1430.

The region specializes in the manufacture of grains, fodder and there is also a fodder plant.

The tourist sight of the town is the "St. Teodor Tyron" monastery from XIX c.