| Municipality of Kočani | |
| Native Name: | Општина Кочани |
| Native Name Lang: | mk |
| Settlement Type: | Urban municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Eastern |
| Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
| Seat: | Kočani |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Ljupčo Papazov (VMRO-DPMNE) |
| Area Total Km2: | 375.44 |
| Population Total: | 31,602 |
| Population Density Km2: | 84.17 |
| Area Code: | 033 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | car plates |
| Blank Info Sec1: | KO |
| Blank Name Sec2: | ISO 3166-2 |
| Blank Info Sec2: | MK-42 |
| Postal Code: | 2300 |
| Website: | http://www.kocani.gov.mk |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
Kočani (Macedonian: Кочани in Macedonian pronounced as /ˈkɔtʃani/) is a municipality in the eastern part of North Macedonia. Kočani is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is located. The municipality is part of the Eastern Statistical Region.
The municipality borders the Kriva Palanka Municipality to the north, Kratovo Municipality and Probištip Municipality to the west, Makedonska Kamenica Municipality and Vinica Municipality to the east, and the Češinovo-Obleševo Municipality and Zrnovci Municipality to the south.
By the 2003 territorial division of the Republic, the rural Orizari Municipality was annexed to the Kočani Municipality.
There are 31,602 residents of the Kočani Municipality, according to the 2021 census.[1] Ethnic groups in the Kočani municipality:
| 2002 | 2021 | ||||
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| TOTAL | 38,092 | 100 | 31,602 | 100 | |
| Macedonians | 35,472 | 93.12 | 26,798 | 84.8 | |
| Roma | 1,951 | 5.12 | 1,892 | 5.99 | |
| Turks | 315 | 0.83 | 138 | 0.44 | |
| others | 354 | 0.93 | 375 | 1.19 | |
| Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | n/a | n/a | 2,399 | 7.59 | |
| Demographics of the Kočani Municipality | ||||
| Census year | Population | Territorial Division 2003 | ||
| 1994 | 32,051 | |||
| 38 092 | ||||
| 2002 | 33,689 | |||
| Demographics of the former Orizari Municipality | ||
|---|---|---|
| Population | ||
| 1994 | 4,724 | |
| 2002 | 4,403 | |