Varbitsa Municipality


Varbitsa 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 Varbitsa.
The municipality embraces a territory of 419.36 km² with a population of 10,492 inhabitants, as of December 2009. The area contains the Ticha Reservoir - one of the biggest in the country, developed along the Kamchiya river. It is the reservoir with the largest perimeter in Bulgaria.

Settlements

Varbitsa Municipality includes the following 16 places :
Town/VillageCyrillicPopulation
VarbitsaВърбица3,585
Byala RekaБяла река1,162
BozhurovoБожурово243
ChernookovoЧернооково547
IvanovoИваново453
KonevoКонево247
KraygortsiКрайгорци209
KyolmenКьолмен84
LovetsЛовец392
MalomirМаломир510
MengishevoМенгишево449
MetodievoМетодиево393
Nova Byala RekaНова Бяла река520
StanyantsiСтанянци546
SushinaСушина308
TushovitsaТушовица844
Total10,492

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
Bulgarians919
Turks5597
Roma 2434
Other675
Undeclared220

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: