title: Veliki Preslav Municipality
text: # Veliki Preslav Municipality
  
  Veliki Preslav Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Велики Преслав; former Preslav Municipality, Bulgarian: Община Преслав) is a municipality (obshtina) in Shumen Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan north of the eastern part of the Stara planina mountains. It is named after its administrative centre, the town of Veliki Preslav, which was one of the ancient capitals of Bulgaria.
  
  The municipality embraces a territory of 277.65 $km^2$ (107.20 sq mi) with a population of 15,292 inhabitants, as of December 2009.
  
  ## Settlements
  
  Veliki Preslav Municipality includes the following 12 places (towns are shown in bold):
  
  | Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (December 2009) |
  | - | - | - |
  | Veliki Preslav | Велики Преслав | 8,951 |
  | Dragoevo | Драгоево | 983 |
  | Khan Krum | Хан Крум | 387 |
  | Imrenchevo | Имренчево | 422 |
  | Kochovo | Кочово | 777 |
  | Milanovo | Миланово | 623 |
  | Mostich | Мостич | 344 |
  | Mokresh | Мокреш | 310 |
  | Osmar | Осмар | 364 |
  | Suha Reka | Суха река | 112 |
  | Troitsa | Троица | 765 |
  | Zlatar | Златар | 1,254 |
  | Total | | 15,292 |
  
  ## Demography
  
  The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
  
  Veliki Preslav Municipality :
  
  | Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Population | 21,565 | 19,945 | 17,682 | 16,276 | 15,855 | 15,603 | 15,292 | 13,382 |
  | Sources: Census 2001, Census 2011, „pop-stat.mashke.org“, |||||||||
  
  ### 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 | 7936 | 65% |
  | Turks | 3078 | 25.2% |
  | Roma (Gypsy) | 943 | 7.7% |
  | Other | 157 | 1.3% |
  | Undeclared | 98 | 0.8% |
  
  **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:
  
  Religious composition of Veliki Preslav Municipality
  
  Orthodox Christianity
  
  60.7%
  
  Catholicism
  
  0.5%
  
  Protestantism
  
  1.0%
  
  Islam
  
  26.9%
  
  No religion
  
  3.1%
  
  Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
  
  7.8% :
  
  