Zlataritsa Municipality


Zlataritsa Municipality is a small municipality in Veliko Tarnovo Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located in the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan north of Stara planina mountain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Zlataritsa.
The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 4,636 inhabitants, as of December 2009.
The highest point in the area is Kulata peak with above the sea level.

Settlements

Zlataritsa Municipality includes the following 24 places :
Town/VillageCyrillicPopulation
ZlataritsaЗлатарица2,558
CheshmaЧешма10
ChistovoЧистово4
DedinaДедина48
DedintsiДединци11
Delova MahalaДелова махала0
Dolno ShivachevoДолно Шивачево55
Dalgi PripekДълги припек61
Gorna HadzhiyskaГорна Хаджийска3
Gorsko Novo SeloГорско Ново село671
KalaydzhiiКалайджии132
NovogortsiНовогорци2
OvoshtnaОвощна1
RavnovoРавново19
RazsohaРазсоха89
RezachРезач103
RodinaРодина545
RosnoРосно126
SlivovitsaСливовица117
Sredno Selo, [Veliko Tarnovo Province|Sredno Selo]Средно село81
Total4,636

Demography

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

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:
An overwhelming majority of the population of Zlataritsa Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 69.6% of respondents identified as Eastern Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. A large minority is Islamic.

Sport

The sport base in Zlataritsa is old and depreciated. Zlataritsa has developed different sports teams during the years, ranging from football, table tennis, wrestling, handball, athletics and others. The town has a local football team with the name of FC Botev 1921, which continued playing until 2014 in the Local Football Group of Veliko Tarnovo. The stadium's name is 23 September. After 2014 the football club no longer plays due to the lack of funds and players.