Veliki Preslav Municipality

Veliki Preslav Municipality
Община Велики Преслав
—  Municipality  —
Veliki Preslav Municipality within Bulgaria and Shumen Province.
Coordinates:
Country  Bulgaria
Province (Oblast) Shumen
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) Veliki Preslav
Area
 • Total 277.65 km2 (107.2 sq mi)
Population (December 2009)[1]
 • Total 15,292
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Veliki Preslav Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Велики Преслав, former name Preslav Municipality) is a municipality (obshtina) in Shumen Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the area of the so called Fore-Balkan north of the eastern part of Stara planina mountain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Veliki Preslav which was one of the ancient capitals of Bulgaria.

The municipality embraces a territory of 277.65 km² with a population of 15,292 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]

Contents

Settlements

Shumen
•
Kaspichan
•
Novi Pazar
•
Veliki Preslav
•
Smyadovo
•
Varbitsa
•
Kaolinovo
•
Hitrino
•
Venets
•
Nikola Kozlevo
Veliki Preslav Municipality within Shumen Province

Veliki Preslav Municipality includes the following 12 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[2][3][4]
(December 2009)
Veliki Preslav Велики Преслав 8,951
Dragoevo Драгоево 983
Khan Krum Хан Крум 387
Imrenchevo Имренчево 422
Kochovo Кочово 777
Milanovo Миланово 623
Mostich Мостич 344
Mokresh Мокреш 310
Osmar Осмар 364
Suha Reka Суха река 112
Troitsa Троица 765
Zlatar Златар 1,254
Total 15,292

Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.

Veliki Preslav Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 21,565 19,945 17,682 16,276 15,855 15,603 15,292 ...
Sources: National Statistical Institute,[1] Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,??

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
  2. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
  3. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
  4. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
  5. ^ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
  6. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“

External links

Municipalities of Shumen Province