Novo Selo Municipality () is a frontier municipality (obshtina) in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Novo Selo. The area borders on Romania beyond the Danube to the north.
The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 2,979 inhabitants, as of the April 2011 census.Population by province, municipality, settlement and age by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute
Settlements
Novo Selo Municipality includes the following 5 places all of them villages: Town/Village Cyrillic Population Novo Selo Ново село 1,015 Florentin Флорентин 352 Negovanovtsi Неговановци 398 Vinarovo Винарово 755 Yasen Ясен 259 Total 2,979
Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Age structure The municipality of Novo Selo has a fastly ageing population. As of December 2018 the share of elderly people (aged 65+) reached 43.4%, up from 41.7% in 2011. The share of children aged up to 14 years old declined from 8.6% tot 8.4% in the same period. Age structure of Novo Selo Municipality Year Population 0–4 5–9 10–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–64 65–69 70–74 75–79 80+ February 2011 2,979 61 102 93 88 104 82 132 111 127 139 151 219 327 342 301 285 315 December 2016 2,691 73 63 97 103 81 96 98 119 120 149 148 152 225 303 314 232 318 December 2017 2,593 64 61 96 113 75 97 91 104 120 146 147 142 195 286 316 238 312 December 2018 2,500 66 58 87 119 69 84 94 94 122 139 137 149 197 236 316 242 291
Ethnic composition According to the 2011 census, among those who answered the optional question on ethnic identification (in total 2970), 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 Ethnic group Population Percentage Bulgarians 2834 Turks NA NA Roma (Gypsy) 70 Other 19 Undeclared NA NA Bulgarians constitute the largest ethnic group in the municipality of Novo Selo. Nearly all Romani people are concentrated in the village of Novo Selo. There is also a significant "Vlach" (Romanian) community, but their numbers are declining rapidly.
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:
An overwhelming majority of the population of Novo Selo Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 94.0% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
See also Provinces of Bulgaria Municipalities of Bulgaria List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
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