Veles Municipality

Veles (Macedonian: Велес [ˈvɛːlɛs] ⓘ) is a municipality in central part of North Macedonia. Veles is also the name of the city where the municipal seat is found. Veles Municipality is part of the Vardar Statistical Region.

Geography

The municipality borders Čaška Municipality and Zelenikovo Municipality to the west, Petrovec Municipality to the north, and Gradsko, Lozovo, and Sveti Nikole municipalities to the east. There are 28 populated locations, one town and 27 villages.

Demographics

According to the 2021 North Macedonia census, this municipality had 48,463 inhabitants. At the census of 1994, it had 56,571 inhabitants.

	2002	2021
	Number	%	Number	%
TOTAL	55,108	100	48,463	100
Macedonians	46,767	84.86	36,825	75.99
Albanians	2,299	4.17	2,736	5.65
Bosniaks	2,406	4.37	1,825	3.77
Turks	1,724	3.13	1,037	2.14
Roma	800	1.45	507	1.05
Vlachs	343	0.62	270	0.55
Serbs	540	0.98	267	0.55
Other / Undeclared / Unknown	229	0.42	278	0.56
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources			4,718	9.74

Religious affiliation according to the Macedonia census and 2021 North Macedonia census:

	2002	2021
	Number	%	Number	%
TOTAL	46,843	100	48,463	100
Orthodox	7,096	85.0	24,107	76.8
Christians / Protestants	6	0.01	13,058
Catholics	67	0.12	50
Islam	7,344	13.3	6,286	13.0
Others	848	1.54	244	0.50
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources	n/a	n/a	4,718	9.74

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