Smyadovo Municipality


Smyadovo Municipality is a municipality 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 364.6 km² with a population of 7,402 inhabitants, as of December 2009.

Settlements

Smyadovo Municipality includes the following 10 places :
Town/VillageCyrillicPopulation
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 groupPopulationPercentage
Bulgarians3993
Turks1603
Roma 400
Other49
Undeclared30