| Suhindol Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Община Сухиндол |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Bulgaria |
| Subdivision Name1: | Veliko Tarnovo |
| Subdivision Name2: | Suhindol |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 43.1667°N 36°W |
| Area Total Km2: | 157.55 |
| Population As Of: | December 2009 |
| Population Total: | 3,046 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
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 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.
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 |
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
The municipality of Suhindol has a low birth rate combined with a very high death rate, which makes the natural growth negative.
| 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 |
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following: