Nikola Kozlevo Municipality () is a municipality (obshtina) in Shumen Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Ludogorie geographical region, part of the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Nikola Kozlevo.
The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 6,381 inhabitants, as of December 2009. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
Settlements
Nikola Kozlevo Municipality includes the following 11 places, all of them are villages: Town/Village Cyrillic Population Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009(December 2009) Nikola Kozlevo Никола Козлево 789 Harsovo Хърсово 370 Karavelovo Каравелово 357 Krasen Dol Красен дол 143 Kriva Reka Крива река 485 Pet Mogili Пет могили 1,097 Ruzhitsa Ружица 320 Tsani Ginchevo Цани Гинчево 419 Tsarkvitsa Църквица 629 Vekilski Векилски 94 Valnari Вълнари 1,678 Total 6,381
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 group Population Percentage Bulgarians 1299 Turks 2883 Roma (Gypsy) 1176 Other 115 Undeclared 199 Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute
Vital statistics Population Live births Deaths Natural growth Birth rate (‰) Death rate (‰) Natural growth rate (‰) 2000 7,586 100 125 -25 13.2 16.5 -3.2 2001 7,018 96 113 -17 13.7 16.1 -2.4 2002 6,953 100 107 -7 14.4 15.4 -1.0 2003 6,955 84 116 -32 12.1 16.7 -4.6 2004 6,904 109 101 8 15.8 14.6 1.2 2005 6,796 76 112 -36 11.2 16.5 -5.3 2006 6,742 98 91 7 14.5 13.5 1.0 2007 6,618 103 117 -14 15.6 17.7 -2.1 2008 6,466 74 92 -18 11.4 14.2 -2.8 2009 6,381 92 94 -2 14.4 14.7 -0.3 2010 6,344 72 96 -24 11.3 15.1 -3.8 2011 6,130 85 92 -7 13.9 15.0 -1.1 2012 6,104 85 98 -13 13.9 16.1 -2.1 2013 6,093 76 75 1 12.5 12.3 0.2 2014 6,084 74 81 -7 12.2 13.3 -1.2 2015 6,130 61 93 -32 10.0 15.2 -5.2 2016 6,135 60 78 -18 9.8 12.7 2.9 2017 6,204 83 79 4 13.4 12.7 0.6 2018 6,236 80 83 -3 12.8 13.3 -0.5
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:
Nearly all ethnic Turks are Muslim, while nearly all Bulgarians are Orthodox Christians. A majority of the Roma people are Muslim, with a large Christian minority.
See also Provinces of Bulgaria Municipalities of Bulgaria List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
References
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