Omurtag Municipality () is a municipality (obshtina) in Targovishte Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the so-called Fore-Balkan area north of the Stara planina mountain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Omurtag.

The municipality embraces a territory of with a total population of 21,356 inhabitants, as of February 2011. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Targovishte Province - Census 2011 The main road E772 crosses the area connecting its main town with the province centre Targovishte, to the northeast, and the city of Veliko Tarnovo to the west.

Settlements

Omurtag Municipality includes the following 43 places (towns are shown in bold): 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) Omurtag Омуртаг 8,725 Belomortsi Беломорци 1,055 Balgaranovo Българаново 219 Chernokaptsi Чернокапци 315 Dolna Hubavka Долна Хубавка 216 Dolno Kozarevo Долно Козарево 439 Dolno Novkovo Долно Новково 145 Golyamo Tsarkvishte Голямо Църквище 364 Gorna Hubavka Горна Хубавка 358 Gorno Kozarevo Горно Козарево 262 Gorno Novkovo Горно Новково 215 Gorsko Selo Горско село 151 Iliyno Илийно 621 Kamburovo Камбурово 1,199 Kestenovo Кестеново 308 Kozma Prezviter Козма Презвитер 574 Krasnoseltsi Красноселци 231 Mogilets Могилец 377 Obitel Обител 614 Panayot Hitovo Панайот Хитово 320 Panichino Паничино 181 Petrino Петрино 152 Plastina Плъстина 628 Ptichevo Птичево 259 Padarino Пъдарино 559 Parvan Първан 347 Rositsa Росица 11 Ratlina Рътлина 235 Stanets Станец 251 Tapchileshtovo Тъпчилещово 107 Tsarevtsi Царевци 62 Tserovishte Церовище 645 Ugledno Угледно 150 Velikdenche Великденче 297 Velichka Величка 500 Verentsi Веренци 473 Veselets Веселец 159 Visok Висок 278 Vrani Kon Врани кон 726 Zelena Morava Зелена морава 593 Zmeyno Змейно 179 Zvezditsa Звездица 756 Total 24,256

Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Omurtag Municipality has comprised the former municipality of Obitel and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.

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 3518 Turks 11959 Roma (Gypsy) 1690 Other 198 Undeclared 147 Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute

Demographic indicators The municipality of Omurtag had relatively favourable demographic indicators compared to the Bulgarian average. But after 2013, the number of births decreased significantly while the number of deaths increased. Omurtag recorded its lowest birth rate, highest death rate and lowest natural growth in 2017. It was the biggest yearly fall since 2000. Population Live births Deaths Natural growth Birth rate (‰) Death rate (‰) Natural growth rate (‰) 2000 27,115 293 304 -11 10.8 11.2 -0.4 2001 25,240 263 276 -13 10.4 10.9 -0.5 2002 25,401 276 266 +10 10.9 10.5 +0.4 2003 25,298 308 311 -3 12.2 12.3 -0.1 2004 25,192 306 260 +46 12.1 10.3 +1.8 2005 24,968 238 310 -72 9.5 12.4 -2.9 2006 25,003 295 275 +20 11.8 11.0 +0.8 2007 24,789 312 338 -26 12.6 13.6 -1.0 2008 24,613 337 314 +23 13.7 12.8 +0.9 2009 24,256 323 286 +37 13.3 11.8 +1.5 2010 23,800 326 292 +34 13.7 12.3 +1.4 2011 21,818 328 285 +43 15.0 13.1 +2.0 2012 21,745 284 297 -13 13.1 13.7 -0.6 2013 21,614 252 252 +0 11.7 11.7 +0.0 2014 21,442 228 308 -80 10.6 14.4 -3.7 2015 21,442 255 321 -66 11.9 15.0 -3.1 2016 21,150 211 300 -89 10.0 14.2 -4.2 2017 20,853 176 332 -156 8.4 15.9 -7.5 2018 20,818 183 264 -81 8.8 12.7 -3.9

The continued childbirth decline came amid the falling number of women of childbearing age because of emigration to Western Europe (especially Germany and the Netherlands).

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