Nikola Kozlevo Municipality

Nikola Kozlevo Municipality Община Никола Козлево
—  Municipality  —
Nikola Kozlevo Municipality within Bulgaria and Shumen Province.
Coordinates: 43°32′N 27°12′E / 43.533°N 27.2°E / 43.533; 27.2Coordinates: 43°32′N 27°12′E / 43.533°N 27.2°E / 43.533; 27.2
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Shumen
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)	Nikola Kozlevo
Area
– Total	265 km2 (102.3 sq mi)
Population (December 2009)[1]
– Total	6,381
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Nikola Kozlevo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Никола Козлево) 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 265 km² with a population of 6,381 inhabitants, as of December 2009.^[1]

Settlements

Shumen

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Kaspichan

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Novi Pazar

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Veliki Preslav

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Smyadovo

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Varbitsa

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Kaolinovo

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Hitrino

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Venets

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Nikola Kozlevo

Nikola Kozlevo Municipality within Shumen Province

Nikola Kozlevo Municipality includes the following 11 places, all of them are villages:

Town/Village	Cyrillic	Population[2][3][4] (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.

Nikola Kozlevo Municipality
Year	1975	1985	1992	2001	2005	2007	2009	2011
Population	11,151	10,034	8,427	7,157	6,796	6,618	6,381	...
Sources: National Statistical Institute,[1] Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,??

See also

• Provinces of Bulgaria
• Municipalities of Bulgaria
• List of cities and towns in Bulgaria

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
2. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
3. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
4. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
5. ^ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
6. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“

External links

• Info website (English)