Shumen Municipality


Shumen Municipality is a municipality in Shumen Province, Northeastern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the city of Shumen which is also the capital of the province.
The municipality embraces a territory of 630 km² with a population of 101,597 inhabitants, as of December 2009. Currently, the eastern operating section of Hemus motorway connects the main town with the port of Varna.
Aside from the rich cultural landmarks of the main city, the area is most known with the National Historical and Archaeological Reserve that includes the famous Madara Rider near the homonymous village.

Settlements

Shumen Municipality includes the following 27 places :
Town/VillageCyrillicPopulation
ShumenШумен86,824
BelokopitovoБелокопитово158
BlagovoБлагово108
CherenchaЧеренча471
DibichДибич1,132
DrumevoДрумево1,049
GradishteГрадище800
IvanskiИвански1,649
Iliya BlaskovoИлия Блъсково509
KladenetsКладенец105
KonyovetsКоньовец433
Kostena RekaКостена река74
LozevoЛозево387
MadaraМадара1,281
MarashМараш626
NovoselНовосел557
OvcharovoОвчарово168
Panayot VolovoПанайот Волово356
Radko DimitrievoРадко Димитриево337
SalmanovoСалманово915
SrednyaСредня344
StruinoСтруино394
Tsarev BrodЦарев брод1,314
Vasil DrumevВасил Друмев355
VelinoВелино368
VetrishteВетрище218
VehtovoВехтово665
Total101,597

Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Shumen Municipality has comprised the former municipality of Ivanski 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 groupPopulationPercentage
Bulgarians68781
Turks13179
Roma 4042
Others721
Undeclared654

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: