Summary
Novo Selo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Ново село) 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.
Novo Selo Municipality
Община Ново село | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Novo Selo Municipality within Bulgaria and Vidin Province. | |
| Coordinates: 44°8′N 22°47′E / 44.133°N 22.783°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Vidin |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Novo Selo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 109.5 km2 (42.3 sq mi) |
| Population (April 2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,979 |
| • Density | 27/km2 (70/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | obshtina-novoselo.com |
The municipality embraces a territory of 109.5 km2 (42.3 sq mi) with a population of 2,979 inhabitants, as of the April 2011 census.[1]
Settlements edit
Novo Selo Municipality includes the following 5 places all of them villages:
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[1] |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Selo | Ново село | 1,015 |
| Florentin | Флорентин | 352 |
| Negovanovtsi | Неговановци | 398 |
| Vinarovo | Винарово | 755 |
| Yasen | Ясен | 259 |
| Total | 2,979 |
Demography edit
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Novo Selo Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 7,187 | 5,753 | 5,218 | 4,206 | 3,733 | 3,588 | 3,381 | 2,979 |
| Sources: Census 2001,[2] Census 2011,[1] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[3] | ||||||||
Age structure edit
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 [1] | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 edit
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:[4]
| Ethnic group | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgarians | 2834 | 96.7% |
| Turks | NA[a] | NA |
| Roma (Gypsy) | 70 | 2.4% |
| Other | 19 | 0.6% |
| Undeclared | NA[a] | 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 edit
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 edit
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e Population by province, municipality, settlement and age by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (in Bulgarian)
- ^ (in English)National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
- ^ Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (in Bulgarian)
- ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
External links edit
- Info website (in English)