Vetrino Municipality
The municipality embraces a territory of 293.12 km², bordering the Shumen Province to the west, with a population of 5,702 inhabitants, as of December 2009. The southern parts of the area is crossed by the east operating part of Hemus motorway which is planned to connect the port of Varna with the country capital – Sofia.
Settlements
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Vetrino Municipality includes the following 10 places, all of them are villages:
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (December 2009) |
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Vetrino | Ветрино | 1,036 |
Belogradets | Белоградец | 1,226 |
Dobroplodno | Доброплодно | 894 |
Gabarnitsa | Габърница | 96 |
Mlada Gvardiya | Млада гвардия | 335 |
Momchilovo | Момчилово | 192 |
Nevsha | Невша | 648 |
Neofit Rilski | Неофит Рилски | 921 |
Sredno Selo | Средно село | 59 |
Yagnilo | Ягнило | 295 |
Total | 5,702 |
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Vetrino Municipality | ||||||||
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Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 13,331 | 10,812 | 7,990 | 7,023 | 6,296 | 6,045 | 5,702 | ... |
Sources: Census 2001, Census 2011, „pop-stat.mashke.org“, |
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:
A majority of the population of Vetrino Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 68.5% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Muslims are the largest minority with 21.8% of its population.
See also
References
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (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.
- ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
External links
- Vetrino Municipality info-website (in English)