Dimitrovgrad Municipality, Bulgaria

Dimitrovgrad Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Димитровград) is a municipality in Haskovo Province, Bulgaria. The administrative centre is Dimitrovgrad.

Dimitrovgrad Municipality
Община Димитровград
Municipality
Dimitrovgrad is located in Bulgaria
Dimitrovgrad
Dimitrovgrad
Coordinates: 42°3′N 25°36′E
CountryBulgaria
ProvinceHaskovo
MunicipalityDimitrovgrad
Area
 • Total567.6 km2 (219.2 sq mi)
Population
 (1-Feb-2011)
 • Total53,557
 • Density94/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Websitewww.dimitrovgrad.bg
Dimitrovgrad municipality within Haskovo Province

Settlements

The municipality consists of two towns (Dimitrovgrad and Merichleri) and 25 villages:

Demography

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:

Religious composition of Dimitrovgrad Municipality [1]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 88.5%
Catholicism
 
 0.4%
Protestantism
 
 1.0%
Islam
 
 1.2%
No religion
 
 3.9%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 5.0%

References
  1. "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
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