Novo Selo Municipality

The Opština Novo Selo ( Macedonian Општина Ново Село ) is one of the 84 Opštini and is located in eastern Macedonia at the Bulgarian border. The about 2800 inhabitants, capital of the eponymous Opština lies in the valley of Strumica, about 10 kilometers from the border and 20 kilometers from the town of Strumica.

History

Novo Selo is since 2000 again an independent Opština. Before the municipal administration was in Strumica, because the former administration of the city Novo Selo had at the beginning of the 1980s, leased the municipal rights of the city Strumica.

Population

The 2002 census live in the following Opština almost exclusively Macedonians. Their share in the total population is 99.5 percent.

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