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{{Infobox settlement 
| name = Varbitsa Municipality
| native_name = Община Върбица
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_shield =
| image_map = Varbitsa Municipality Within Bulgaria.png
| map_caption = Varbitsa Municipality within Bulgaria and Shumen Province.
| subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{BUL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Bulgaria|Province]] {{smaller|(Oblast)}}
| subdivision_name1 = [[Shumen Province|Shumen]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative centre|Admin. centre]] {{smaller|(Obshtinski tsentar)}}
| subdivision_name2 = [[Varbitsa (town)|Varbitsa]]
| timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +3
| coordinates = {{coord|43|0|N|26|43|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}}
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 419.36
|population_footnotes = <ref name="divisions"/>
|population_as_of = December 2009
|population_total = 10,492
| population_density_km2 = auto
| website =
}}

'''Varbitsa Municipality''' ({{langx|bg|Община Върбица}}) is a [[Municipalities of Bulgaria|municipality]] (''[[obshtina]]'') in [[Shumen Province]], Northeastern [[Bulgaria]], located in the vicinity of the northern slopes of the Eastern [[Stara planina]] mountain to the area of the so-called [[Fore-Balkan]]. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of [[Varbitsa (town)|Varbitsa]].

The municipality embraces a territory of {{cvt|419.36|km2}} with a population of 10,492 inhabitants, as of December 2009.<ref name="divisions">{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1585#cont Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009]</ref> The area contains the [[Ticha Reservoir]] - one of the biggest in the country, developed along the [[Kamchiya]] river. It is the reservoir with the largest perimeter in Bulgaria.

== Settlements ==
{{Image label begin|image=Map of Varbitsa municipality (Shumen Province).png|width=264|thumb=1|float=right|caption=Varbitsa Municipality within Shumen Province}}
{{Image label small|x=1.05|y=1.80|scale=100|text=[[Image:Capital city marker.svg|13px|center]]'''[[Shumen Municipality|Shumen]]'''}}
{{Image label small|x=1.80|y=1.65|scale=100|text='''[[Kaspichan|•]]'''}}
{{Image label small|x=1.60|y=1.72|scale=100|text=Kaspichan}}
{{Image label small|x=1.93|y=1.53|scale=100|text='''[[Novi Pazar|•]]'''}}
{{Image label small|x=1.70|y=1.45|scale=100|text=Novi Pazar}}
{{Image label small|x=0.87|y=2.23|scale=100|text='''[[Veliki Preslav|•]]'''}}
{{Image label small|x=0.70|y=2.32|scale=100|text=Veliki Preslav}}
{{Image label small|x=1.45|y=2.55|scale=100|text='''[[Smyadovo|•]]'''}}
{{Image label small|x=1.30|y=2.62|scale=100|text=Smyadovo}}
{{Image label small|x=0.50|y=2.85|scale=100|text='''[[Varbitsa (town)|•]]'''}}
{{Image label small|x=0.40|y=2.93|scale=100|text='''[[Varbitsa (town)|Varbitsa]]'''}}
{{Image label small|x=1.65|y=0.55|scale=100|text='''[[Kaolinovo|•]]'''}}
{{Image label small|x=1.45|y=0.47|scale=100|text=Kaolinovo}}
{{Image label small|x=1.20|y=1.25|scale=100|text='''[[Hitrino|•]]'''}}
{{Image label small|x=1.10|y=1.33|scale=100|text=Hitrino}}
{{Image label small|x=1.23|y=0.80|scale=100|text='''[[Venets, Shumen Province|•]]'''}}
{{Image label small|x=1.00|y=0.88|scale=100|text=Venets}}
{{Image label small|x=2.05|y=0.68|scale=100|text='''[[Nikola Kozlevo|•]]'''}}
{{Image label small|x=1.85|y=0.76|scale=100|text=Nikola Kozlevo}}
{{Image label end}}

Varbitsa Municipality includes the following 16 places (towns are shown in bold):
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Town/Village
! [[Cyrillic]]
! Population<ref name="statistika">{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1588#cont Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009]</ref><ref name="villages under 1000">{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/nrnm/index.php?ezik=en&f=8&s=1&date=29.12.2010&e=1&s1=4&c1=2&a1=1000&c=0 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009]</ref><ref name="Settlements 1000-5000">{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/nrnm/index.php?ezik=en&f=8&s=1&date=29.12.2010&e=1&s1=4&c1=3&a1=1000&c=1&s2=4&c2=2&a2=5000 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009]</ref> (December 2009)
|-
| '''[[Varbitsa (town)|Varbitsa]]'''
| '''Върбица'''
| align="center" | 3,585
|-
| [[Byala Reka, Shumen Province|Byala Reka]]
| Бяла река
| align="center" | 1,162
|-
| [[Bozhurovo, Shumen Province|Bozhurovo]]
| Божурово
| align="center" | 243
|-
| [[Chernookovo, Shumen Province|Chernookovo]]
| Чернооково
| align="center" | 547
|-
| [[Ivanovo, Shumen Province|Ivanovo]]
| Иваново
| align="center" | 453
|-
| [[Konevo, Shumen Province|Konevo]]
| Конево
| align="center" | 247
|-
| [[Kraygortsi]]
| Крайгорци
| align="center" | 209
|-
| [[Kyolmen]]
| Кьолмен
| align="center" | 84
|-
| [[Lovets, Shumen Province|Lovets]]
| Ловец
| align="center" | 392
|-
| [[Malomir, Shumen Province|Malomir]]
| Маломир
| align="center" | 510
|-
| [[Mengishevo]]
| Менгишево
| align="center" | 449
|-
| [[Metodievo, Shumen Province|Metodievo]]
| Методиево
| align="center" | 393
|-
| [[Nova Byala Reka]]
| Нова Бяла река
| align="center" | 520
|-
| [[Stanyantsi]]
| Станянци
| align="center" | 546
|-
| [[Sushina]]
| Сушина
| align="center" | 308
|-
| [[Tushovitsa]]
| Тушовица
| align="center" | 844
|-
! Total
!
! align="center" | 10,492
|}

== Demography ==
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.

{{Table BG Municipality population
| municipality = Varbitsa
| 1975 = 14,116
| 1985 = 13,648
| 1992 = 11,841
| 2001 = 11,249
| 2005 = 10,861
| 2007 = 10,658
| 2009 = 10,492
| 2011 = 10,391
| ref 1 = <ref>[http://www.nsi.bg/ORPDOCS/Pop_6.1.1_Pop_DR_EN.xls Population by districts, municipalities, place of residence and sex in the 2004-2010 period]</ref>
| ref 2 = <ref name="divisions census 2001">[http://www.nsi.bg/Census_e/PopObsht.htm National Statistical Institute - Census 2001]</ref>
| ref 3 = <ref>[http://www.nsi.bg/ORPDOCS/Census2011_1.pop_by_age.xls Population by province, municipality, settlement and age by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute]</ref>
| ref 4= <ref>[http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-division.htm Population of Bulgarian divisions]</ref>
}}

===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:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Ethnic group !! Population !! Percentage
|-
| [[Bulgarians]] ||align="right"|919 ||align="right"| {{pct|919|9845|1}}
|-
| [[Turkish people|Turks]] ||align="right"| 5597 ||align="right"| {{pct|5597|9845|1}}
|-
| [[Romani people|Roma (Gypsy)]] ||align="right"|2434 ||align="right"| {{pct|2434|9845|1}}
|-
| Other ||align="right"| 675 ||align="right"| {{pct|675|9845|1}}
|-
| Undeclared ||align="right"|220 ||align="right"| {{pct|220|9845|1}}
|}<ref>[http://www.nsi.bg/ORPDOCS/Census2011_4.pop_by_ethnos.xls Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute] {{in lang|bg}}</ref>

====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:
{{bar box
|width=300px
|title=Religious composition of Varbitsa Municipality <ref>{{cite web|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-religion2011.htm|title=Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011|website=pop-stat.mashke.org}}</ref>
|titlebar=#ddd
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Bulgarian Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christianity]]|blue|8.4}}
{{bar percent|[[Catholicism in Bulgaria|Catholicism]]|purple|0.1}}
{{bar percent|[[Protestantism in Bulgaria|Protestantism]]|yellow|6.1}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam in Bulgaria|Islam]]|green|74.5}}
{{bar percent|No religion|red|1.0}}
{{bar percent|Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable|gray|9.9}}
}}

==See also==
*[[Provinces of Bulgaria]]
*[[Municipalities of Bulgaria]]
*[[List of cities and towns in Bulgaria]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.varbitsa.org/ Official website] {{in lang|bg}}

{{Shumen Province}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities in Shumen Province]]

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