Suhindol Municipality () is a small municipality (obshtina) in Veliko Tarnovo Province, central-north Bulgaria, located in the transition between the Danubian Plain and the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre – the town of Suhindol.
The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 3,046, as of December 2009.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
The Hemus motorway is planned to cross the area connecting the capital city of Sofia with the port of Varna on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.
Settlements
Suhindol Municipality includes the following 6 places (towns are shown in bold): Town/Village Cyrillic PopulationBulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian towns in 2009Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants – December 2009Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian Settlements 1000–5000 inhabitants – December 2009(December 2009) Suhindol Сухиндол 2,146 Byala Reka Бяла река 252 Gorsko Kalugerovo Горско Калугерово 171 Gorsko Kosovo Горско Косово 166 Koevtsi Коевци 194 Krasno Gradishte Красно градище 117 Total 3,046
Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Vital statistics The municipality of Suhindol has a low birth rate combined with a very high death rate, which makes the natural growth negative. Population Live births Deaths Natural growth Birth rate (‰) Death rate (‰) Natural growth rate (‰) 2000 3,739 42 121 −79 11.1 31.9 −20.8 2001 3,520 26 100 −74 7.2 27.6 −20.4 2002 3,537 33 94 −61 9.4 26.6 −17.3 2003 3,420 27 109 −82 7.8 31.3 −23.6 2004 3,351 24 81 −57 7.1 23.9 −16.8 2005 3,332 34 68 −34 10.2 20.4 −10.2 2006 3,248 33 87 −54 10.0 26.4 −16.4 2007 3,178 20 73 −53 6.2 22.7 −16.5 2008 3,100 25 73 −48 8.0 23.3 −15.3 2009 3,046 23 75 −52 7.5 24.4 −16.9 2010 2,967 23 109 −86 7.6 36.2 −28.6 2011 2,513 20 80 −60 7.9 31.6 −23.7 2012 2,460 26 92 −66 10.5 37.0 −26.5 2013 2,434 16 64 −48 6.5 26.2 −19.7 2014 2,389 21 92 −71 8.7 38.1 −29.4 2015 2,444 25 86 −61 10.2 35.2 −25.0 2016 2,374 17 76 −59 7.2 32.0 −24.9 2017 2,316 19 91 −72 8.2 39.3 −31.1 2018 2,255 21 83 −62 9.3 36.8 −27.5
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:
See also Provinces of Bulgaria Municipalities of Bulgaria List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
References
External links Official website