Venets Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Венец) is a municipality (obshtina) in Shumen Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Ludogorie geographical region, part of the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Venets.
Venets Municipality
Община Венец (Veletler Turkish) | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Venets Municipality within Bulgaria and Shumen Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°32′N 26°54′E / 43.533°N 26.900°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Shumen |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Venets |
| Area | |
• Total | 222.56 km2 (85.93 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 6,905 |
| • Density | 31/km2 (80/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The municipality embraces a territory of 222.56 km2 (85.93 sq mi) with a population of 6,905 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
Settlements
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Venets Municipality includes the following 13 places, all of them are villages:
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Venets | Венец | 725 |
| Bortsi | Борци | 540 |
| Boyan | Боян | 412 |
| Buynovitsa | Буйновица | 238 |
| Chernoglavtsi | Черноглавци | 471 |
| Dennitsa | Денница | 118 |
| Drentsi | Дренци | 314 |
| Gabritsa | Габрица | 441 |
| Izgrev | Изгрев | 744 |
| Kapitan Petko | Капитан Петко | 495 |
| Osenovets | Осеновец | 382 |
| Strahilitsa | Страхилица | 75 |
| Yasenkovo | Ясенково | 1,950 |
| Total | 6,905 |
Demography
editThe following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Venets Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 14,329 | 13,272 | 9,033 | 8,042 | 7,260 | 7,057 | 6,905 | 7137 |
| Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7] | ||||||||
Ethnic composition
editAccording 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 | 122 | 1.9% |
| Turks | 5707 | 89% |
| Roma (Gypsy) | 506 | 7.9% |
| Other | 3 | 0% |
| Undeclared | 73 | 1.1% |
The population is predominantly Turkish (89.0%), with Bulgarian (1.9%), Romani (7.9%) and other minorities (1.1%).[9]
Religion
editThe municipality of Venets has the second highest share of Turks in Bulgaria with 89%, which makes it also the municipality with the second highest share of Muslims in Bulgaria, with 95% of its population belonging to the Islamic community. The small Bulgarian population is mostly Christian.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b (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
- ^ Population by province, municipality, settlement and age by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute
- ^ Population of Bulgarian divisions
- ^ Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (in Bulgarian)
- ^ (in Bulgarian) Ivanovo official web site
- ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
External links
edit- Official website (in Bulgarian)