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Veliko Tarnovo Municipality

Coordinates: 43°2′N 25°38′E / 43.033°N 25.633°E / 43.033; 25.633
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Veliko Tarnovo Municipality
Община Велико Търново
Municipality
Veliko Tarnovo Municipality within Bulgaria and Veliko Tarnovo Province.
Veliko Tarnovo Municipality within Bulgaria and Veliko Tarnovo Province.
Coordinates: 43°2′N 25°38′E / 43.033°N 25.633°E / 43.033; 25.633
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Veliko Tarnovo
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Veliko Tarnovo
Area
 • Total883 km2 (341 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2009)[1]
 • Total88,724
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Veliko Tarnovo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Велико Търново) is a municipality (obshtina) in Veliko Tarnovo Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located mostly in the so-called Fore-Balkan area north of Stara planina mountain. It is named after its administrative centre - the old capital of the country, the city of Veliko Tarnovo which is also the main town of the province.

The municipality embraces a territory of 883 km2 (341 sq mi) with a population of 88,724 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]

The area is a crossroads of two of the major transport corridors in Bulgaria - road E772 which connects the capital of Sofia with the port of Varna and road E85 which connects the city of Ruse on Danube river with Shipka pass. The Hemus motorway is planned to cross the municipality north of its main town.

Settlements

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(towns are shown in bold): Population (December 2009)[2][3][4]

Demography

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

Veliko Tarnovo Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 85,233 93,219 93,796 90,504 88,854 88,661 88,724 88,670
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7]

Ethnic composition

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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 75570 93.9%
Turks 3681 4.6%
Roma (Gypsy) 595 0.7%
Other 350 0.4%
Undeclared 313 0.4%

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Religion

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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 Veliko Tarnovo Municipality [9]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 83.8%
Catholicism
 
 0.6%
Protestantism
 
 0.7%
Islam
 
 3.6%
No religion
 
 4.8%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 6.5%

An overwhelming majority of the population of Veliko Tarnovo Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 83.8% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
  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.
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