Smyadovo Municipality
Smyadovo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Смядово) is a municipality (obshtina) in Shumen Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the vicinity of the northern slopes of the Eastern Stara planina mountain to the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Smyadovo.
The municipality embraces a territory of 364.6 km (140.8 sq mi) with a population of 7,402 inhabitants, as of December 2009.
Settlements
Kaspichan
Novi Pazar
Veliki Preslav
Varbitsa
Kaolinovo
Hitrino
Venets
Nikola Kozlevo
Smyadovo Municipality includes the following 10 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (December 2009) |
---|---|---|
Smyadovo | Смядово | 4,036 |
Aleksandrovo | Александрово | 81 |
Byal Bryag | Бял бряг | 260 |
Cherni Vrah | Черни връх | 183 |
Kalnovo | Кълново | 241 |
Novo Yankovo | Ново Янково | 155 |
Rish | Риш | 776 |
Yankovo | Янково | 821 |
Zhelad | Желъд | 84 |
Total | 7,402 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Smyadovo Municipality | ||||||||
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Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 11,753 | 10,479 | 9,519 | 8,242 | 7,818 | 7,570 | 7,402 | ... |
Sources: Census 2001, Census 2011, „pop-stat.mashke.org“, |
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 | 3993 | 65.7% |
Turks | 1603 | 26.4% |
Roma (Gypsy) | 400 | 6.6% |
Other | 49 | 0.8% |
Undeclared | 30 | 0.5% |
See also
References
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
External links
- Official website (in Bulgarian)