Veliki Preslav Municipality


Veliki Preslav Municipality is a municipality in Shumen Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan north of the eastern part of the Stara planina mountains. It is named after its administrative centre, the town of Veliki Preslav, which was one of the ancient capitals of Bulgaria.
The municipality embraces a territory of 277.65 km² with a population of 15,292 inhabitants, as of December 2009.

Settlements

Veliki Preslav Municipality includes the following 12 places :
Town/VillageCyrillicPopulation
Veliki PreslavВелики Преслав8,951
DragoevoДрагоево983
Khan KrumХан Крум387
ImrenchevoИмренчево422
KochovoКочово777
MilanovoМиланово623
MostichМостич344
MokreshМокреш310
OsmarОсмар364
Suha RekaСуха река112
TroitsaТроица765
ZlatarЗлатар1,254
Total15,292

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
Bulgarians7936
Turks3078
Roma 943
Other157
Undeclared98

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: