Veliki Preslav Municipality
# Veliki Preslav Municipality

Veliki Preslav Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Велики Преслав; former Preslav Municipality, Bulgarian: Община Преслав) is a municipality (obshtina) 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 $km^2$ (107.20 sq mi) with a population of 15,292 inhabitants, as of December 2009.

## Settlements

Veliki Preslav Municipality includes the following 12 places (towns are shown in bold):

| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (December 2009) |
| - | - | - |
| Veliki Preslav | Велики Преслав | 8,951 |
| Dragoevo | Драгоево | 983 |
| Khan Krum | Хан Крум | 387 |
| Imrenchevo | Имренчево | 422 |
| Kochovo | Кочово | 777 |
| Milanovo | Миланово | 623 |
| Mostich | Мостич | 344 |
| Mokresh | Мокреш | 310 |
| Osmar | Осмар | 364 |
| Suha Reka | Суха река | 112 |
| Troitsa | Троица | 765 |
| Zlatar | Златар | 1,254 |
| Total | | 15,292 |

## Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.

Veliki Preslav Municipality :

| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Population | 21,565 | 19,945 | 17,682 | 16,276 | 15,855 | 15,603 | 15,292 | 13,382 |
| Sources: Census 2001, Census 2011, „pop-stat.mashke.org“, |||||||||

### 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 | 7936 | 65% |
| Turks | 3078 | 25.2% |
| Roma (Gypsy) | 943 | 7.7% |
| Other | 157 | 1.3% |
| Undeclared | 98 | 0.8% |

**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:

Religious composition of Veliki Preslav Municipality

Orthodox Christianity

60.7%

Catholicism

0.5%

Protestantism

1.0%

Islam

26.9%

No religion

3.1%

Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable

7.8% :

