Omurtag Municipality
Община Омуртаг
Municipality
Omurtag Municipality within Bulgaria and Targovishte Province.
Omurtag Municipality within Bulgaria and Targovishte Province.
Coordinates: 43°5′N 26°27′E / 43.083°N 26.450°E / 43.083; 26.450
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Targovishte
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Omurtag
Area
 • Total401.7 km2 (155.1 sq mi)
Population
 (Census February 2011)[1]
 • Total21,356
 • Density53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Omurtag Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Омуртаг) is a municipality (obshtina) in Targovishte Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the so-called Fore-Balkan area north of the Stara planina mountain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Omurtag.

The municipality embraces a territory of 401.7 km2 (155.1 sq mi) with a total population of 21,356 inhabitants, as of February 2011.[1] The main road E772 crosses the area connecting its main town with the province centre Targovishte, to the northeast, and the city of Veliko Tarnovo to the west.

Settlements

Omurtag Municipality includes the following 43 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[2][3][4]
(December 2009)
Omurtag Омуртаг 8,725
Belomortsi Беломорци 1,055
Balgaranovo Българаново 219
Chernokaptsi Чернокапци 315
Dolna Hubavka Долна Хубавка 216
Dolno Kozarevo Долно Козарево 439
Dolno Novkovo Долно Новково 145
Golyamo Tsarkvishte Голямо Църквище 364
Gorna Hubavka Горна Хубавка 358
Gorno Kozarevo Горно Козарево 262
Gorno Novkovo Горно Новково 215
Gorsko Selo Горско село 151
Iliyno Илийно 621
Kamburovo Камбурово 1,199
Kestenovo Кестеново 308
Kozma Prezviter Козма Презвитер 574
Krasnoseltsi Красноселци 231
Mogilets Могилец 377
Obitel Обител 614
Panayot Hitovo Панайот Хитово 320
Panichino Паничино 181
Petrino Петрино 152
Plastina Плъстина 628
Ptichevo Птичево 259
Padarino Пъдарино 559
Parvan Първан 347
Rositsa Росица 11
Ratlina Рътлина 235
Stanets Станец 251
Tapchileshtovo Тъпчилещово 107
Tsarevtsi Царевци 62
Tserovishte Церовище 645
Ugledno Угледно 150
Velikdenche Великденче 297
Velichka Величка 500
Verentsi Веренци 473
Veselets Веселец 159
Visok Висок 278
Vrani Kon Врани кон 726
Zelena Morava Зелена морава 593
Zmeyno Змейно 179
Zvezditsa Звездица 756
Total 24,256

Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Omurtag Municipality has comprised the former municipality of Obitel and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.

Omurtag Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 22,292 21,556 27,000 25,212 24,968 24,789 24,256 21,853
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 3518 20.1%
Turks 11959 68.3%
Roma (Gypsy) 1690 9.7%
Other 198 1.1%
Undeclared 147 0.8%

[8]

Demographic indicators

The municipality of Omurtag had relatively favourable demographic indicators compared to the Bulgarian average. But after 2013, the number of births decreased significantly while the number of deaths increased. Omurtag recorded its lowest birth rate, highest death rate and lowest natural growth in 2017. It was the biggest yearly fall since 2000.

Population Live births Deaths Natural growth Birth rate (‰) Death rate (‰) Natural growth rate (‰)
2000 27,115 293 304 -11 10.8 11.2 -0.4
2001 25,240 263 276 -13 10.4 10.9 -0.5
2002 25,401 276 266 +10 10.9 10.5 +0.4
2003 25,298 308 311 -3 12.2 12.3 -0.1
2004 25,192 306 260 +46 12.1 10.3 +1.8
2005 24,968 238 310 -72 9.5 12.4 -2.9
2006 25,003 295 275 +20 11.8 11.0 +0.8
2007 24,789 312 338 -26 12.6 13.6 -1.0
2008 24,613 337 314 +23 13.7 12.8 +0.9
2009 24,256 323 286 +37 13.3 11.8 +1.5
2010 23,800 326 292 +34 13.7 12.3 +1.4
2011 21,818 328 285 +43 15.0 13.1 +2.0
2012 21,745 284 297 -13 13.1 13.7 -0.6
2013 21,614 252 252 +0 11.7 11.7 +0.0
2014 21,442 228 308 -80 10.6 14.4 -3.7
2015 21,442 255 321 -66 11.9 15.0 -3.1
2016 21,150 211 300 -89 10.0 14.2 -4.2
2017 20,853 176 332 -156 8.4 15.9 -7.5
2018 20,818 183 264 -81 8.8 12.7 -3.9

The continued childbirth decline came amid the falling number of women of childbearing age because of emigration to Western Europe (especially Germany and the Netherlands).

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 Omurtag Municipality [9]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 18.5%
Catholicism
 
 0.2%
Protestantism
 
 0.0%
Islam
 
 75.7%
No religion
 
 1.9%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 3.7%

See also

References

  1. ^ a b (in Bulgarian) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Targovishte Province - Census 2011 Archived 2011-05-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
  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)
  9. ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.

External links

Municipalities of Targovishte Province
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