Kaspichan Municipality


Kaspichan Municipality is a municipality in Shumen Province, Northeastern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre, the town of Kaspichan.
The municipality embraces a territory of 279 km² with a population of 8,871 inhabitants as of December 2009. The area is crossed from east to west by the eastern operating section of Hemus motorway which is planned to connect the port of Varna with the capital Sofia.

Settlements

Kaspichan Municipality includes the following 9 places :
Town/VillageCyrillicPopulation
KaspichanКаспичан3,260
Kaspichan Каспичан1,602
KosovoКосово387
KyulevchaКюлевча496
MarkovoМарково792
MogilaМогила408
PliskaПлиска1,051
VarbyaneВърбяне288
Zlatna nivaЗлатна нива587
Total8,871

Demography

The following table illustrates the population change over 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:

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: