title: Kotel Municipality
text: # Kotel Municipality
  
  Kotel Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Котел) is a municipality in the Sliven Province of Bulgaria.
  
  ## Demography
  
  Ethnic composition of Kotel Municipality
  
  At the 2011 census, the population of Kotel was 19,391. Most of the inhabitants were either Bulgarians (36.22%), Turks (29.87%), or Gypsies/Romani (24.7%). 8.14% of the population's ethnicity was unknown.
  
  ## Villages
  
  In addition to the capital town of Kotel, there are 21 villages in the municipality:
  
  | Borintsi Bratan Gradets Dubova Zheravna Katunishte Kipilovo Malko Selo Medvev Mokren Neikovo | Oplovo Ostra Moguila Pudarevo Sedlarevo Sokolartsi Strelsti Ticha Topuzevo Filaretovo Yablanovo |
  | - | - |
  