Antonovo Municipality

Antonovo Municipality (Община Антоново) is a municipality (obshtina) in Targovishte Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the transition between the Danubian Plain and the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Antonovo.

The municipality embraces a territory of 472 km2 with a population of 6,507 inhabitants, as of December 2009.

Settlements
(towns are shown in bold): Population (December 2009)


 * Antonovo - Antonovo - 1,453
 * Bankovets - Банковец - 13
 * Bogomolsko - Богомолско - 29
 * Bukak - Букак - 17
 * Chekantsi - Чеканци - 57
 * Cherna Voda - Черна вода - 79
 * Cherni Bryag - Черни бряг - 161
 * Devino - Девино - 54
 * Dlazhka Polyana - Длъжка поляна - 62
 * Dobrotitsa - Добротица - 263
 * Dolna Zlatitsa - Долна Златица - 18
 * Dabravitsa - Дъбравица - 10
 * Glashatay - Глашатай - 32
 * Golyamo Dolyane - Голямо Доляне - 8
 * Gorna Zlatitsa - Горна Златица - 38
 * Halvadzhiysko - Халваджийско - 14
 * Izvorovo - Изворово - 417
 * Kapishte - Капище - 98
 * Kitino - Китино - 95
 * Konop - Коноп - 138
 * Kraypole - Крайполе - 0
 * Krusholak - Крушолак - 45
 * Kapinets - Къпинец - 1
 * Kyosevtsi - Кьосевци - 95
 * Lyubichevo - Любичево - 282
 * Malka Cherkovna - Малка Черковна - 6
 * Malogradets - Малоградец - 101
 * Manushevtsi - Манушевци - 4
 * Mechovo - Мечово - 5
 * Milino - Милино - 29
 * Moravitsa - Моравица - 190
 * Moravka - Моравка - 211
 * Orach - Орач - 121
 * Pirinets - Пиринец - 24
 * Poroyno - Поройно - 29
 * Prisoyna - Присойна - 8
 * Pchelno - Пчелно - 12
 * Ravno Selo - Равно село - 51
 * Razdeltsi - Разделци - 254
 * Svirchovo - Свирчово - 28
 * Svoboditsa - Свободица - 30
 * Semertsi - Семерци - 231
 * Slanchovets - Слънчовец - 1
 * Stara Rechka - Стара речка - 21
 * Starchishte - Старчище - 102
 * Stevrek - Стеврек - 415
 * Stoynovo - Стойново - 38
 * Stroynovtsi - Стройновци - 11
 * Shishkovitsa - Шишковица - 39
 * Taymishte - Таймище - 186
 * Tihovets - Тиховец - 3
 * Treskavets - Трескавец - 595
 * Velikovtsi - Великовци - 80
 * Velyovo - Вельово - 92
 * Yazovets - Язовец - 10
 * Yarebichno - Яребично - 6
 * Yastrebino - Ястребино - 72

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:

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: