Venets 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 Venets.
The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 6,905 inhabitants, as of December 2009. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
Settlements
Venets Municipality includes the following 13 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) Venets Венец 725 Bortsi Борци 540 Boyan Боян 412 Buynovitsa Буйновица 238 Chernoglavtsi Черноглавци 471 Dennitsa Денница 118 Drentsi Дренци 314 Gabritsa Габрица 441 Izgrev Изгрев 744 Kapitan Petko Капитан Петко 495 Osenovets Осеновец 382 Strahilitsa Страхилица 75 Yasenkovo Ясенково 1,950 Total 6,905
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 122 Turks 5707 Roma (Gypsy) 506 Other 3 Undeclared 73 Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute The population is predominantly Turkish (89.0%), with Bulgarian (1.9%), Romani (7.9%) and other minorities (1.1%). Ivanovo official web site
Religion The municipality of Venets has the second highest share of Turks in Bulgaria with 89%, which makes it also the municipality with the second highest share of Muslims in Bulgaria, with 95% of its population belonging to the Islamic community. The small Bulgarian population is mostly Christian.
See also Provinces of Bulgaria Municipalities of Bulgaria List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
References
External links Official website