Omurtag Municipality Explained

Omurtag Municipality
Native Name:Община Омуртаг
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name1:Targovishte
Subdivision Name2:Omurtag
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:43.0833°N 53°W
Area Total Km2:401.7
Population As Of:Census February 2011
Population Total:21,356
Population Density Km2:auto

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 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/VillageCyrillicPopulation[2] [3] [4]
(December 2009)
OmurtagОмуртаг8,725
BelomortsiБеломорци1,055
BalgaranovoБългараново219
ChernokaptsiЧернокапци315
Dolna HubavkaДолна Хубавка216
Dolno KozarevoДолно Козарево439
Dolno NovkovoДолно Новково145
Golyamo TsarkvishteГолямо Църквище364
Gorna HubavkaГорна Хубавка358
Gorno KozarevoГорно Козарево262
Gorno NovkovoГорно Новково215
Gorsko SeloГорско село151
IliynoИлийно621
KamburovoКамбурово1,199
KestenovoКестеново308
Kozma PrezviterКозма Презвитер574
KrasnoseltsiКрасноселци231
MogiletsМогилец377
ObitelОбител614
Panayot HitovoПанайот Хитово320
PanichinoПаничино181
PetrinoПетрино152
PlastinaПлъстина628
PtichevoПтичево259
PadarinoПъдарино559
ParvanПърван347
RositsaРосица11
RatlinaРътлина235
StanetsСтанец251
TapchileshtovoТъпчилещово107
TsarevtsiЦаревци62
TserovishteЦеровище645
UglednoУгледно150
VelikdencheВеликденче297
VelichkaВеличка500
VerentsiВеренци473
VeseletsВеселец159
VisokВисок278
Vrani KonВрани кон726
Zelena MoravaЗелена морава593
ZmeynoЗмейно179
ZvezditsaЗвездица756
Total24,256

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.

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
3518
11959
1690
Other 198
Undeclared 147
[5]

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 20,818183 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:

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Targovishte Province - Census 2011
  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. http://www.nsi.bg/ORPDOCS/Census2011_4.pop_by_ethnos.xls Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute