Smyadovo Municipality Explained

Smyadovo Municipality
Native Name:Община Смядово
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name1:Shumen
Subdivision Name2:Smyadovo
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:43.0167°N 84°W
Area Total Km2:364.6
Population As Of:December 2009
Population Total:7,402
Population Density Km2:auto

Smyadovo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Смядово) is a municipality (obshtina) in Shumen Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the vicinity of the northern slopes of the Eastern Stara planina mountain to the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Smyadovo.

The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 7,402 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]

Settlements

Smyadovo Municipality includes the following 10 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/VillageCyrillicPopulation[2] [3] [4]
(December 2009)
SmyadovoСмядово4,036
AleksandrovoАлександрово81
Byal BryagБял бряг260
Cherni VrahЧерни връх183
KalnovoКълново241
Novo YankovoНово Янково155
RishРиш776
YankovoЯнково821
ZheladЖелъд84
Total7,402

Demography

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

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
3993
1603
400
Other 49
Undeclared 30

See also

References

  1. 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

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