Kaspichan Municipality

Kaspichan Municipality
Община Каспичан
Municipality
Kaspichan Municipality within Bulgaria and Shumen Province.
Kaspichan Municipality within Bulgaria and Shumen Province.
Coordinates: 43°17′N 27°7′E / 43.283°N 27.117°E / 43.283; 27.117
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Shumen
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Kaspichan
Area
 • Total
275.06 km2 (106.20 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2009)[1]
 • Total
8,871
 • Density32/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kaspichan Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Каспичан) is a municipality (obshtina) in Shumen Province, Northeastern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre, the town of Kaspichan.

The municipality embraces a territory of 279 km2 (108 sq mi) with a population of 8,871 inhabitants as of December 2009.[1] The area is crossed from east to west by the eastern operating section of Hemus motorway, which is planned to connect the port of Varna with the capital Sofia.

Settlements

Kaspichan Municipality includes the following 9 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[2][3][4]
(December 2009)
Kaspichan Каспичан 3,260
Kaspichan (village) Каспичан 1,602
Kosovo Косово 387
Kyulevcha Кюлевча 496
Markovo Марково 792
Mogila Могила 408
Pliska Плиска 1,051
Varbyane Върбяне 288
Zlatna niva Златна нива 587
Total 8,871

Demography

The following table illustrates the population change over the last four decades.

Kaspichan Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 14,418 13,154 10,483 9,808 9,405 9,219 8,871 7,916
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 4,935 67.3%
Turks 1,073 14.6%
Roma (Gypsy) 925 12.6%
Others 292 4%
Undeclared 103 1.4%

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:

Religious composition of Kaspichan Municipality [8]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 68.6%
Catholicism
 
 0.0%
Protestantism
 
 0.6%
Islam
 
 18.2%
No religion
 
 4.3%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 8.3%

See also

References

  1. ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 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. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  7. ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  8. ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.