Shumen Municipality

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Shumen Municipality
Община Шумен
Municipality
Shumen Municipality within Bulgaria and Shumen Province.
Shumen Municipality within Bulgaria and Shumen Province.
Coordinates: 43°13′N 26°59′E / 43.217°N 26.983°E / 43.217; 26.983Coordinates: 43°13′N 26°59′E / 43.217°N 26.983°E / 43.217; 26.983
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Shumen
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Shumen
Area
 • Total630 km2 (240 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2009)[1]
 • Total101,597
 • Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Shumen Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Шумен) is a municipality (obshtina) in Shumen Province, Northeastern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the city of Shumen which is also the capital of the province.

The municipality embraces a territory of 630 km² with a population of 101,597 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1] Currently, the eastern operating section of Hemus motorway connects the main town with the port of Varna.

Aside from the rich cultural landmarks of the main city, the area is most known with the National Historical and Archaeological Reserve that includes the famous Madara Rider near the homonymous village.

Settlements[]

Shumen Municipality includes the following 27 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[2][3][4]
(December 2009)
Shumen Шумен 86,824
Белокопитово 158
Благово 108
Черенча 471
Дибич 1,132
Друмево 1,049
Градище 800
Ивански 1,649
Илия Блъсково 509
Кладенец 105
Коньовец 433
Костена река 74
Лозево 387
Madara Мадара 1,281
Мараш 626
Novosel Новосел 557
Овчарово 168
Панайот Волово 356
Радко Димитриево 337
Салманово 915
Средня 344
Струино 394
Tsarev Brod Царев брод 1,314
Васил Друмев 355
Велино 368
Ветрище 218
Вехтово 665
Total 101,597

Demography[]

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Shumen Municipality has comprised the former municipality of and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.

Shumen Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 94,777 109,490 110,170 104,473 101,515 101,780 101,597 93,649
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7]

Ethnic composition[]

According to the 2011 census, among those who answered the optional question on ethnic identification, the ethnic composition of the municipality was the following:

Ethnic group Population Percentage
Bulgarians 68781 78.7%
Turks 13179 15.1%
Roma (Gypsy) 4042 4.6%
Others 721 0.8%
Undeclared 654 0.7%

Religion[]

According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:

Religious composition of Shumen Municipality [8]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 72.9%
Catholicism
 
 0.4%
Protestantism
 
 1.0%
Islam
 
 17.0%
No religion
 
 2.4%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 6.3%

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
  2. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
  3. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
  4. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
  5. ^ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
  6. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  7. ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  8. ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.

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