Varbitsa Municipality ( bg, Община Върбица) is a
municipality (''
obshtina'') in
Shumen Province
Shumen Province ( bg, Област Шумен, transliterated ''Oblast Shumen'', former name Shumen okrug) is a province in northeastern Bulgaria named after its main city Shumen. It is divided into 10 municipalities with a total population, ...
, Northeastern
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Maced ...
, located in the vicinity of the northern slopes of the Eastern
Stara planina mountain to the area of the so-called
Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of
Varbitsa.
The municipality embraces a territory of 419.36 km² with a population of 10,492 inhabitants, as of December 2009.
[Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009]
/ref> The area contains the Ticha Reservoir
Ticha Reservoir ( bg, язовир Тича, ''yazovir Ticha'') is a reservoir in Varbitsa Municipality, Shumen Province, northeastern Bulgaria, located to the north and northeast of the town of Varbitsa. It is one of the largest lakes of Bulga ...
- one of the biggest in the country, developed along the Kamchiya
The Kamchiya (also Kamchia and Kamčija, bg, Камчия ) is a river in eastern Bulgaria. From its longest source, Golyama Kamchiya (Big Kamchiya), it has a total length of (. The river Kamchiya proper starts from the confluence of the two ...
river. It is the reservoir with the largest perimeter in Bulgaria.
Settlements
Varbitsa Municipality includes the following 16 places (towns are shown in bold):
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:
Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute
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
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Provinces of Bulgaria
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Municipalities of Bulgaria
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List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
References
External links
Official website
{{Authority control
Municipalities in Shumen Province