Nikola Kozlevo Municipality


Nikola Kozlevo Municipality is a municipality 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 Nikola Kozlevo.
The municipality embraces a territory of 265 km² with a population of 6,381 inhabitants, as of December 2009.

Settlements

Nikola Kozlevo Municipality includes the following 11 places, all of them are villages:
Town/VillageCyrillicPopulation
Nikola KozlevoНикола Козлево789
HarsovoХърсово370
KaravelovoКаравелово357
Krasen DolКрасен дол143
Kriva RekaКрива река485
Pet MogiliПет могили1,097
RuzhitsaРужица320
Tsani GinchevoЦани Гинчево419
TsarkvitsaЦърквица629
VekilskiВекилски94
ValnariВълнари1,678
Total6,381

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 groupPopulationPercentage
Bulgarians1299
Turks2883
Roma 1176
Other115
Undeclared199

Vital statistics

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:
Nearly all ethnic Turks are Muslim, while nearly all Bulgarians are Orthodox Christians. A majority of the Roma people are Muslim, with a large Christian minority.