Suhindol Municipality

Suhindol Municipality
Община Сухиндол
Municipality
Suhindol Municipality within Bulgaria and Veliko Tarnovo Province.
Suhindol Municipality within Bulgaria and Veliko Tarnovo Province.
Coordinates: 43°10′N 25°11′E / 43.167°N 25.183°E / 43.167; 25.183
CountryBulgaria
Province (Oblast)Veliko Tarnovo
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Suhindol
Area
 • Total
157.55 km2 (60.83 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2009)[1]
 • Total
3,046
 • Density19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Suhindol Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Сухиндол) is a small municipality (obshtina) in Veliko Tarnovo Province, central-north Bulgaria, located in the transition between the Danubian Plain and the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre – the town of Suhindol.

The municipality embraces a territory of 157.55 km2 (60.83 sq mi) with a population of 3,046, as of December 2009.[1]

The Hemus motorway is planned to cross the area connecting the capital city of Sofia with the port of Varna on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.[citation needed]

Settlements

Suhindol Municipality includes the following 6 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[2][3][4]
(December 2009)
Suhindol Сухиндол 2,146
Byala Reka Бяла река 252
Gorsko Kalugerovo Горско Калугерово 171
Gorsko Kosovo Горско Косово 166
Koevtsi Коевци 194
Krasno Gradishte Красно градище 117
Total 3,046

Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.

Suhindol Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 5,470 4,222 3,912 3,630 3,332 3,178 3,046 ...
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7]

Vital statistics

The municipality of Suhindol has a low birth rate combined with a very high death rate, which makes the natural growth negative.[citation needed]

Population Live births Deaths Natural growth Birth rate (‰) Death rate (‰) Natural growth rate (‰)
2000 3,739 42 121 −79 11.1 31.9 −20.8
2001 3,520 26 100 −74 7.2 27.6 −20.4
2002 3,537 33 94 −61 9.4 26.6 −17.3
2003 3,420 27 109 −82 7.8 31.3 −23.6
2004 3,351 24 81 −57 7.1 23.9 −16.8
2005 3,332 34 68 −34 10.2 20.4 −10.2
2006 3,248 33 87 −54 10.0 26.4 −16.4
2007 3,178 20 73 −53 6.2 22.7 −16.5
2008 3,100 25 73 −48 8.0 23.3 −15.3
2009 3,046 23 75 −52 7.5 24.4 −16.9
2010 2,967 23 109 −86 7.6 36.2 −28.6
2011 2,513 20 80 −60 7.9 31.6 −23.7
2012 2,460 26 92 −66 10.5 37.0 −26.5
2013 2,434 16 64 −48 6.5 26.2 −19.7
2014 2,389 21 92 −71 8.7 38.1 −29.4
2015 2,444 25 86 −61 10.2 35.2 −25.0
2016 2,374 17 76 −59 7.2 32.0 −24.9
2017 2,316 19 91 −72 8.2 39.3 −31.1
2018 2,255 21 83 −62 9.3 36.8 −27.5

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 Suhindol Municipality[8]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 51.4%
Catholicism
 
 0.4%
Protestantism
 
 0.0%
Islam
 
 9.2%
No religion
 
 8.8%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 30.2%

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
  2. ^ Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian towns in 2009
  3. ^ Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants – December 2009
  4. ^ 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. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  8. ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.