Suhindol Municipality

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.

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
CountryBulgaria
Province (Oblast)Veliko Tarnovo
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Suhindol
Area
 • Total157.55 km2 (60.83 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2009)[1]
 • Total3,046
 • Density19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

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.

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.

PopulationLive birthsDeathsNatural growthBirth rate (‰)Death rate (‰)Natural growth rate (‰)
2000 3,73942121−7911.131.9−20.8
20013,520 26100−747.227.6−20.4
20023,5373394−619.426.6−17.3
20033,420 27109−827.831.3−23.6
20043,351 2481−577.123.9−16.8
20053,332 3468−3410.220.4−10.2
20063,248 3387−5410.026.4−16.4
20073,178 2073−536.222.7−16.5
2008 3,100 2573−488.023.3−15.3
20093,046 2375−527.524.4−16.9
2010 2,96723109−867.636.2−28.6
20112,513 2080−607.931.6−23.7
20122,460 2692−6610.537.0−26.5
20132,434 1664−486.526.2−19.7
2014 2,389 2192−718.738.1−29.4
20152,444 2586−6110.235.2−25.0
2016 2,3741776−597.232.0−24.9
2017 2,316 1991−728.239.3−31.1
20182,255 2183−629.336.8−27.5

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. 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.
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