Antonovo Municipality

Antonovo Municipality
Община Антоново
Municipality

Antonovo Municipality within Bulgaria and Targovishte Province.
Coordinates: 43°6′N 26°9′E / 43.100°N 26.150°E / 43.100; 26.150Coordinates: 43°6′N 26°9′E / 43.100°N 26.150°E / 43.100; 26.150
Country  Bulgaria
Province (Oblast) Targovishte
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) Antonovo
Area
 • Total 472 km2 (182 sq mi)
Population (December 2009)[1]
 • Total 6,507
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Antonovo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Антоново) is a municipality (obshtina) in Targovishte Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the transition between the Danubian Plain and the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Antonovo.

The municipality embraces a territory of 472 km² with a population of 6,507 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]

Settlements

Targovishte
•
Omurtag


•
Popovo
•
Antonovo
•
Opaka
Antonovo Municipality within Targovishte Province

(towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[2][3][4]
(December 2009)
  • Antonovo - Antonovo - 1,453
  • Bankovets - Банковец - 13
  • Bogomolsko - Богомолско - 29
  • Bukak - Букак - 17
  • Chekantsi - Чеканци - 57
  • Cherna Voda - Черна вода - 79
  • Cherni Bryag - Черни бряг - 161
  • Devino - Девино - 54
  • Dlazhka Polyana - Длъжка поляна - 62
  • Dobrotitsa - Добротица - 263
  • Dolna Zlatitsa - Долна Златица - 18
  • Dabravitsa - Дъбравица - 10
  • Glashatay - Глашатай - 32
  • Golyamo Dolyane - Голямо Доляне - 8
  • Gorna Zlatitsa - Горна Златица - 38
  • Halvadzhiysko - Халваджийско - 14
  • Izvorovo - Изворово - 417
  • Kapishte - Капище - 98
  • Kitino - Китино - 95
  • Konop - Коноп - 138
  • Kraypole - Крайполе - 0
  • Krusholak - Крушолак - 45
  • Kapinets - Къпинец - 1
  • Kyosevtsi - Кьосевци - 95
  • Lyubichevo - Любичево - 282
  • Malka Cherkovna - Малка Черковна - 6
  • Malogradets - Малоградец - 101
  • Manushevtsi - Манушевци - 4
  • Mechovo - Мечово - 5
  • Milino - Милино - 29
  • Moravitsa - Моравица - 190
  • Moravka - Моравка - 211
  • Orach - Орач - 121
  • Pirinets - Пиринец - 24
  • Poroyno - Поройно - 29
  • Prisoyna - Присойна - 8
  • Pchelno - Пчелно - 12
  • Ravno Selo - Равно село - 51
  • Razdeltsi - Разделци - 254
  • Svirchovo - Свирчово - 28
  • Svoboditsa - Свободица - 30
  • Semertsi - Семерци - 231
  • Slanchovets - Слънчовец - 1
  • Stara Rechka - Стара речка - 21
  • Starchishte - Старчище - 102
  • Stevrek - Стеврек - 415
  • Stoynovo - Стойново - 38
  • Stroynovtsi - Стройновци - 11
  • Shishkovitsa - Шишковица - 39
  • Taymishte - Таймище - 186
  • Tihovets - Тиховец - 3
  • Treskavets - Трескавец - 595
  • Velikovtsi - Великовци - 80
  • Velyovo - Вельово - 92
  • Yazovets - Язовец - 10
  • Yarebichno - Яребично - 6
  • Yastrebino - Ястребино - 72

Demography

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

Antonovo Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 12,107 9,849 8,697 7,593 7,179 6,836 6,507 6,262
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 1660 28%
Turks 2975 50.1%
Roma (Gypsy) 1212 20.4%
Other 7 0.1%
Undeclared 84 1.4%

[8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
  2. ↑ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  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. ↑ Population by province, municipality, settlement and age by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute
  7. ↑ Population of Bulgarian divisions
  8. ↑ Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (in Bulgarian)
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