Omurtag Municipality


Omurtag Municipality is a municipality 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 401.7 km² with a total population of 21,356 inhabitants, as of February 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 :
Town/VillageCyrillicPopulation
OmurtagОмуртаг8,725
BelomortsiБеломорци1,055
BalgaranovoБългараново219
ChernokaptsiЧернокапци315
Dolna HubavkaДолна Хубавка216
Dolno KozarevoДолно Козарево439
Dolno NovkovoДолно Новково145
Golyamo TsarkvishteГолямо Църквище364
Gorna HubavkaГорна Хубавка358
Gorno KozarevoГорно Козарево262
Gorno NovkovoГорно Новково215
Gorsko SeloГорско село151
IliynoИлийно621
KamburovoКамбурово1,199
KestenovoКестеново308
Kozma PrezviterКозма Презвитер574
KrasnoseltsiКрасноселци231
MogiletsМогилец377
ObitelОбител614
Panayot HitovoПанайот Хитово320
PanichinoПаничино181
PetrinoПетрино152
PlastinaПлъстина628
PtichevoПтичево259
PadarinoПъдарино559
ParvanПърван347
RositsaРосица11
RatlinaРътлина235
StanetsСтанец251
TapchileshtovoТъпчилещово107
TsarevtsiЦаревци62
TserovishteЦеровище645
UglednoУгледно150
VelikdencheВеликденче297
VelichkaВеличка500
VerentsiВеренци473
VeseletsВеселец159
VisokВисок278
Vrani KonВрани кон726
Zelena MoravaЗелена морава593
ZmeynoЗмейно179
ZvezditsaЗвездица756
Total24,256

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 groupPopulationPercentage
Bulgarians3518
Turks11959
Roma 1690
Other198
Undeclared147

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.
PopulationLive birthsDeathsNatural growthBirth rate Death rate Natural growth rate
200027,115293304-1110.811.2-0.4
200125,240 263276-1310.410.9-0.5
200225,401276266+1010.910.5+0.4
200325,298 308311-312.212.3-0.1
200425,192306260+4612.110.3+1.8
200524,968238310-729.512.4-2.9
200625,003 295275+2011.811.0+0.8
200724,789 312338-2612.613.6-1.0
200824,613337314+2313.712.8+0.9
200924,256 323286+3713.311.8+1.5
201023,800 326292+3413.712.3+1.4
201121,818 328285+4315.013.1+2.0
201221,745284297-1313.113.7-0.6
201321,614252252+011.711.7+0.0
201421,442 228308-8010.614.4-3.7
201521,442 255321-6611.915.0-3.1
201621,150 211300-8910.014.2-4.2
201720,853 176332-1568.415.9-7.5
201820,818183264-818.812.7-3.9

The continued childbirth decline came amid the falling number of women of childbearing age because of emigration to Western Europe.

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: