Nikola Kozlevo Municipality | |
Native Name: | Община Никола Козлево |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Shumen |
Subdivision Name2: | Nikola Kozlevo |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 43.5333°N 39°W |
Area Total Km2: | 265 |
Population As Of: | December 2009 |
Population Total: | 6,381 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Nikola Kozlevo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Никола Козлево) 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 Nikola Kozlevo.
The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 6,381 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
Nikola Kozlevo Municipality includes the following 11 places, all of them are villages:
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2] [3] [4] (December 2009) | |
---|---|---|---|
Nikola Kozlevo | Никола Козлево | 789 | |
Harsovo | Хърсово | 370 | |
Karavelovo | Каравелово | 357 | |
Krasen Dol | Красен дол | 143 | |
Kriva Reka | Крива река | 485 | |
Pet Mogili | Пет могили | 1,097 | |
Ruzhitsa | Ружица | 320 | |
Tsani Ginchevo | Цани Гинчево | 419 | |
Tsarkvitsa | Църквица | 629 | |
Vekilski | Векилски | 94 | |
Valnari | Вълнари | 1,678 | |
Total | 6,381 |
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
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 | |
---|---|---|---|
1299 | |||
2883 | |||
1176 | |||
Other | 115 | ||
Undeclared | 199 |
Population | Live births | Deaths | Natural growth | Birth rate (‰) | Death rate (‰) | Natural growth rate (‰) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | 7,586 | 100 | 125 | -25 | 13.2 | 16.5 | -3.2 | |
2001 | 7,018 | 96 | 113 | -17 | 13.7 | 16.1 | -2.4 | |
2002 | 6,953 | 100 | 107 | -7 | 14.4 | 15.4 | -1.0 | |
2003 | 6,955 | 84 | 116 | -32 | 12.1 | 16.7 | -4.6 | |
2004 | 6,904 | 109 | 101 | 8 | 15.8 | 14.6 | 1.2 | |
2005 | 6,796 | 76 | 112 | -36 | 11.2 | 16.5 | -5.3 | |
2006 | 6,742 | 98 | 91 | 7 | 14.5 | 13.5 | 1.0 | |
2007 | 6,618 | 103 | 117 | -14 | 15.6 | 17.7 | -2.1 | |
2008 | 6,466 | 74 | 92 | -18 | 11.4 | 14.2 | -2.8 | |
2009 | 6,381 | 92 | 94 | -2 | 14.4 | 14.7 | -0.3 | |
2010 | 6,344 | 72 | 96 | -24 | 11.3 | 15.1 | -3.8 | |
2011 | 6,130 | 85 | 92 | -7 | 13.9 | 15.0 | -1.1 | |
2012 | 6,104 | 85 | 98 | -13 | 13.9 | 16.1 | -2.1 | |
2013 | 6,093 | 76 | 75 | 1 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 0.2 | |
2014 | 6,084 | 74 | 81 | -7 | 12.2 | 13.3 | -1.2 | |
2015 | 6,130 | 61 | 93 | -32 | 10.0 | 15.2 | -5.2 | |
2016 | 6,135 | 60 | 78 | -18 | 9.8 | 12.7 | 2.9 | |
2017 | 6,204 | 83 | 79 | 4 | 13.4 | 12.7 | 0.6 | |
2018 | 6,236 | 80 | 83 | -3 | 12.8 | 13.3 | -0.5 |
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:Nearly all ethnic Turks are Muslim, while nearly all Bulgarians are Orthodox Christians. A majority of the Roma people are Muslim, with a large Christian minority.