City profile · Bulgaria · Europe
Shumen
Shumen · Bulgaria
City population
72,342
#10
in Bulgaria
#7,952
worldwide
43.271, 26.923 · 300 km from Sofia
About Shumen
Shumen is a city in Shumen, Bulgaria with a population of 72,342. It is the 10th largest of the 55 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Bulgaria, and the 7,952nd largest worldwide. It lies 300 km from Sofia.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Shumen
Elevation
237 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Sofia
Coordinates
43.271, 26.923
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 55 in BulgariaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.